Completed Core Discovery Farm Projects

 Below are links to Discovery Farms projects that are complete. The farms listed here are Discovery Farms Program 'Graduates'. Data and conclusions from each project are located on the individual pages. A short description of each project follows the link.

Breneman Farm

Farm Characteristics: Dairy, Managed Intensive Grazing (MIG), South-Central Wisconsin, Less than 500 animal units

Monitoring System: Groundwater, Surface water edge of field

Harrison Farm

Farm Characteristics: Swine, Confinement, Northwest Wisconsin, 500-1000 animal units

Monitoring System: Odor and Air Quality, Economics of BMP Implementation

Headland Stacking of Poultry Manure

Project Characteristics: Poultry, Northwest Wisconsin

Monitoring System: Groundwater, Surface water edge of field, Characterization of turkey manure

Soaring Eagle Dairy

Farm Characteristics: Dairy, Confinement, Northeast Wisconsin, Greater than 1000 animal units

Monitoring System: Surface water edge of field

Pagel's Ponderosa Dairy

Farm Characteristics: Dairy, Confinement, Northeast Wisconsin, Greater than 1000 animal units

Monitoring System: Surface water edge of field, Tile water

Koepke Farms, Inc.

Farm Characteristics: Dairy, Confinement, Southeast Wisconsin, 500-1000 animal units

Monitoring System: Surface water edge of field, Tile water

Heisner Family Dairy
Farm Characteristics: Dairy, organic grazing, less than 100 milking cows

Monitoring System: Edge of field, and instream

Riechers Beef
Farm Characteristics: Beef, 350-700 steers, Southwestern Wisconsin

Monitoring System: Edge of field

 

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