The unique impacts of UW Discovery Farms have inspired other states to create similar programs. Farmers and government, university, industry and agency representatives from Arkansas, Minnesota and North Dakota have visited Wisconsin to learn lessons from DF producers and directors. Leaders from these states agree that Discovery Farms offers many benefits - from producer-driven roots and practical, on-farm results to transparency and popularity with policy makers.

North Dakota

ND Discovery Farms Project Website

ND Discovery Farms USGS Website

Project Contact: Ron Wiederholt, ron.wiederholt@ndsu.edu, 701-652-2951

Minnesota

Minnesota Discovery Farms Project Website

Project Contact: George Rehm, rehmx001@umn.edu

Tim Radatz, radatz@mawrc.org

Arkansas

Arkansas Discovery Farms Project Website

Project Contacts: Mike Daniels, mdaniels@uaex.edu and Andrew Sharpley, sharpley@uark.edu.

There are other groups around the United States that are modeling some parts of their efforts after the UW-Discovery Farms Program, and as we continue to gain information on these programs, we will post information and links here.