Don’t wait around for right answers, you can start today.
Opportunity knocked Right place at the right time
Golden opportunity Is the farmer nuts? Opening a can of
worms, location in state. I really want to retire rather than do this
Combination of Tile drainage
installation Fun stuff- kickin tires 5 vendors, on site
Mains Laterals GPS
Design and installations
Managing manure liquids on drained lands. Preventative and remediation:
Look at systems/goals Cover crops Slurry seeding Rate/calibration Tillage Water control devices Sub-irrigation Bio-reactor General Management Multiple applications Etc.
OPTIONS
Joint partnership Land Improvement Contractors
Organization Farmer’s Field Extension-Educational component Local and state support from agri-
business
Logistics Picked a wheat field, planned tour after
harvest, August 2012 Goal: end of two days, 80 acres would
be drained.
Prevention
Calibration and rates, especially liquids on drainage
Photo by MSU ANR Communications
Slurry Seeding: adding cover crop seed directly into the manure tank and seeding while spreading manure with a low disturbance tillage tool.
Slurry seeding
Tillage
Varying degrees of tillage Salford, John Deere, Landoll and
Kuhn-Kraus Soil type interaction Goal of tillage
Liquid manure? Residue management? Break macro pores
Water Control Device
Photo by MSU ANR Communications
Constructed Bio-Reactor
Total Contained system:
sub irrigate and capture
back from tiles
West Sub-irrigation
East subirrigation
Waste storage (Manure)
Waste Storage (leachate runoff)
3 chambered wetland
General management Farmer Panel Larry Geohring, Cornell Larry Brown, Ohio State University Richard Cooke, University of Illinois Tim Harrigan, Michigan State Universiy
Can you think of a more dynamic system than the interaction of soil types, soil moistures and weather?
Begin today for Awareness Use common sense Adjust as necessary to meet the daily
needs
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