Balancing water quality trade-offs from farm management decisions

The Discovery Farms Annual Conference is back. This year we will utilize our robust dataset from water quality monitoring over the last 20 years to assess trade-offs of on farm management decisions. Mitigating risk to water quality might look different on every farm but every farm has areas that can be improved. 

In the morning we will be focusing on phosphorus and the water quality trade-offs that happen from manure management decisions. The afternoon will be all about nitrogen and the new studies and technologies that will aid us in making the best nitrogen decisions for Wisconsin’s waters. Join us for this one day event in Wisconsin Dells as we take a deep dive into our data and discuss farm management strategies for balancing water quality tradeoffs to on farm management decisions.

December 15, 2021

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Glacier Canyon Conference Center Wisconsin Dells, WI

$80 Registration fee

 5 CEUs available: 2 Nutrient Management and 3 Soil and Water

Agenda preview

Balancing phosphorus trade-offs– Eric Cooley, Discovery Farms

Conservation practice effectiveness quantified– Margaret Kalcic, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Water quality risks and benefits of low disturbance manure applications– Eric Young, USDA ARS

Management trade-offs from low disturbance manure applications– Farmer Panel

Balance your nitrogen budget for better outcomes– Matt Ruark, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Beyond the root zone– Ryan Heiderman, Discovery Farms and Kevin Masarik, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Lessons from Minnesota’s nitrogen strategies– Panel

See the full agenda

Register here!