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UW-Discovery Farms Newsletter

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The UW-Discovery Farms Program publishes a large number of factsheets and quarterly newsletters each year. The newsletters from the past two years are available below, and factsheets are available in several different places on this website. The best way to find what you are looking for is to use the green navigation bar below the Discovery Farms logo or use the search located on the right side of the screen. If you have questions or cannot find what you are looking for, please contact us through email or call the office at 715-983-5668.

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Newsletters

10 Documents


2012 Fall Discovery Farms Newsletter File (8 pages) After the drought of 2012, we need to think carefully about manure and nutrient management as we enter the winter months. Suggestions for planning applications and information on cover crops is included.
2012 Spring Discovery Farms Newsletter File (8 pages) Find information about edge of field monitoring in Jersey Valley Watershed, the difference in temperatures and precipitation over two winters, priorities and projects of UW-Discovery Farms for the next several years, and the Nutrient Management Farmer Education Program.
2011 Winter Discovery Farms Newsletter File (8 pages) This edition of the Discovery Farms newsletter features articles on assessing effects of hormones from manure, understanding concentrations and yield in water quality data, new technology in drainage water management, and much more!
2011 August Pioneering Discoveries File (12 pages) Find information on lessons learned from watershed projects so far, macropore flow, runoff monitoring, considerations for using soil tests, recent events, and much more!
2011 April Pioneering Discoveries File (12 pages) Featuring information on micronutrients for crop production, new materials available from UW-Discovery Farms, a summary of a decade of the nutrient management farmer education program, and much more!
2011 January Pioneering Discoveries File (12 pages) This edition of the newsletter contains a feature section on nutrient management and a feature section on runoff conditions. Also present is an update on new monitoring sites installed during 2010.
2010 September Pioneering Discoveries File (12 pages) This edition of the quarterly newsletter provides updates on the Discovery Farms watershed projects, information from the final report on Koepke Farms, new website links, monitoring at Pioneer Farm, and more.
2010 May Pioneering Discoveries Newsletter File (12 pages) The Spring 2010 Edition of the Discovery Farms/Pioneer Farm newsletter. Articles about cover crops, critical time periods, watershed research, tillage management, data collection and presentation.
2010 January Pioneering Discoveries Newsletter File (12 pages) Winter manure applications, frost seeding red clover into winter wheat, hormone sampling of agricultural runoff, nitrogen availability for seperated, digested or composted livestock manure.
2008 March 'The Tree' Newsletter File (12 pages) Identifying tile locations, winter manure spreading plans.