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2012 Fall Discovery Farms Newsletter
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(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.
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2012 Spring Discovery Farms Newsletter
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(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.
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2011 Winter Discovery Farms Newsletter
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(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!
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2011 August Pioneering Discoveries
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(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!
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2011 April Pioneering Discoveries
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(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!
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2011 January Pioneering Discoveries
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(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.
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2010 September Pioneering Discoveries
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(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.
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2010 May Pioneering Discoveries Newsletter
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(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.
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2010 January Pioneering Discoveries Newsletter
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(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.
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Introduction to Watershed Scale Projects
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(2 pages)
A brief introduction outlining goals for watershed project research and educational efforts within the Jersey Valley and Willow River Watersheds of Wisconsin.
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KFI. Project Summary: Understanding Nutrient and Sediment Loss at Koepke Farms, Inc.
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(16 pages)
This summary includes information from all 11 factsheets. The document includes sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen losses from surface water and tile flow from a dairy operation that utilizes no-till cropping methods.
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2008 March 'The Tree' Newsletter
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(12 pages)
Identifying tile locations, winter manure spreading plans.
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2010-2012 Annual Report: Dry Run Creek Watershed
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(6 pages)
Results from the first two years of edge-of-field and in-stream monitoring in the Dry Run Creek Watershed.
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Assessing the Potential Effects of Hormones in Livestock Manure
Factsheet
(4 pages)
A study conducted with UW-Madison and The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene to assess the presence, persistence and biological effects of natural and synthetic hormones that may be released from livestock manure.
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BF. Breneman Farms Project Summary: Discoveries on a Grass-Based Dairy System
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(8 pages)
An article summarizing nutrient runoff data performed on a grass-based Wisconsin dairy farm by UW Discovery Farms and its on farm research. It was published in the Country Today, Ag Review and Wisconsin State Farmer.
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BF1. Summary of Information Available for Breneman Farms
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(2 pages)
Information available on Breneman Farms, a Wisconsin dairy producer who participated in UW Discovery Farms and its on-farm research.
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BF2. Grazing Based Dairy Systems
Brief
(1 page)
Presentation
(25 pages)
Factsheet
(2 pages)
A description of grazing based dairy systems and Wisconsin's grazing seasons.
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BF3. Farm, Site and Study Design
Brief
(2 pages)
Presentation
(23 pages)
Factsheet
(4 pages)
Discovery a grazing Wisconsin dairy farm operation and why UW Discovery Farms performed water and nutrient runoff research.
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BF4. Equipment, Procedures and Sampling
Brief
(2 pages)
Presentation
(26 pages)
Factsheet
(4 pages)
Describes the watershed layout and the sample collection and maintenance of the monitoring stations.
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BF5. Understanding Surface Water Runoff at Breneman Farms
Brief
(2 pages)
Presentation
(28 pages)
Factsheet
(4 pages)
Learn about the water budget for Breneman Farms, information needed and gathered by UW Discovery Farms to further understand nutrient runoff data.
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