What is Discovery Farms Minnesota?
Discovery Farms Minnesota Program Overview – A summary of program goals, projects, and organization
Final Project Reports
Improving Water Quality and Soil Health on Tile Drained Lands – Final Project Report and Factsheet – 2021
Lessons Learned from Schafer Farms– Implementing Conservation in a Rolling Landscape – 2020
Lessons Learned from Gorans Farm & Lake Wakanda Project – Working together to improve water quality – 2019
Lessons Learned from Spring Creek Farms – How no-till management influences water quality in East-Central Minnesota – 2018
Minnesota Discovery Farmers
Schafer Farms Inc.
Spring Creek Farms
Meyer Dairy
Simonsen Farm
Half Century Farm
Nordick Farm
Skaurud Grain Farms
Herbst Farm
Blac-X Farms
Minkota Holsteins LLC
Trost Farm
Griebie Farm
Summaries and Papers
Kandiyohi County Special Project Peer Reviewed Paper
Controlling Nutrient Loss in Tile Systems
Phosphorus Loss in Tile Drainage Systems
Soil Loss in Tile Drainage Systems
Data Review for Sites in the Red River Valley
Importance of Following Nitrogen Best Management Practices
2018 Year-In-Review – A summary of data collected in 2018
2017 Year-In-Review – A summary of data collected in 2017
2016 Year-In-Review – A summary of data collected in 2016
2015 Year-In-Review – A summary of data collected in 2015
2014 Year-In-Review – A summary of data collected in 2014
2013 Year-In-Review – A summary of data collected in 2013
2012 Year-In-Review – A summary of data collected in 2012
2011 Year-In-Review – A summary of data collected in 2011
Discovery Farms Minnesota Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Equipment Used at Discovery Farm sites in Minnesota
Work Plan
Discovery Farms Programs in Other States
Partners
- Minnesota Agriculture Water Resources Center
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- Benton County SWCD
- Dodge County SWCD
- Chisago County SWCD
- Goodhue County SWCD
- Hawk Creek Watershed Project
- Norman County SWCD
- Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area
- Rock County SWCD
- Stearns County SWCD
- Wilkin County SWCD
- Wright County SWCD
Steering Committee Members
- University of Minnesota Extension
- NRCS
- Minnesota Soybean Growers Association
- Minnesota Corn Growers Association
- Minnesota Farm Bureau
- Minnesota Farmers Union
- Minnesota Turkey Growers Association
- Minnesota Pork Producers
- Chicken and Egg Association of Minnesota
- Minnesota Milk Producers Association
- Irrigators Association of Minnesota
- Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association
- Stearns County SWCD
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture