By Rebecca Power We believe in keeping in touch. That’s what The Confluence newsletter set out to do in its first iteration in the mid 2010s as part of a USDA NRCS-funded Conservation Innovation Grant addressingRead More…
Lately, it seems we have all been hearing about the potential of carbon markets in the agricultural community as a way to address climate change and put additional dollars in farmers pockets, but there is stillRead More…
This year, Robin Salverson has collected and analyzed over 200 water samples from farms across South Dakota. Robin is a Cow/Calf Field Specialist with South Dakota State University Extension and coordinator of the Livestock Water QualityRead More…
Human Capital Blog Series By Jenny Seifert With any big endeavor – like, you know, improving water quality – you have to start somewhere. But that starting place might not always be obvious. In watershed managementRead More…
The University of Minnesota’s Water Resources Center (WRC) and the Minnesota Sea Grant (MNSG) have long recognized that effective management of water resources provides numerous benefits to local communities beyond improving water quality and reducing floodRead More…
Human Capital Blog Series By Jenny Seifert Anyone who works in watershed management in the Mississippi River Basin knows that farmers are an important part of the solution for reducing nutrient loss and improving water quality.Read More…
Watching a big thunderstorm roll across Illinois is awe inspiring, but afterwards do you notice water pooling in the streets? Or worse yet, running through your basement? According to the recently published Illinois Climate Assessment, IllinoisRead More…
The current agricultural system in the Upper Midwest is built on annual cropping systems to support dairy and beef production. But, seventy-five years ago, most dairy and beef production relied on grassland – native tallgrass prairieRead More…
We are excited to announce that the North Central Region Water Network and our partners at Purdue University, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison were awarded a nearly $1 Million dollar grant throughRead More…
By Jenny Seifert The Gulf of Mexico isn’t the only big body of water that’s been in the spotlight a lot for issues with excessive nutrients and depleted oxygen levels. Lake Erie has perhaps rivaled itRead More…