Red River Basin/Cold Climate Agricultural Nutrients BMP Workshop April 16-17, 2019 University of Minnesota-Crookston Crookston, MN
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
8:00 – 8:15 Welcome and Introductions – Mike Ell, North Dakota Department of Health and Rebecca Power, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension
8:15 – 8:30 Workshop Objectives and Purpose
Setting the Stage in the Red River Basin
8:30 – 8:40 Review setting the stage webinar presentations
Webinar 1 – Basin Geology • Basin Soils and Soil Nutrients
Webinar 2 – Basin Hydrology • Basin and Field Scale Nutrient Trends
8:40 – 9:00 Cropping and Livestock Management Systems in the Basin – Mitchell Timmerman, Manitoba Agriculture, and Dave Franzen, North Dakota State University
9:00 – 9:20 Other Natural Resource Concerns in the Basin – Brian Wiebe, Manitoba Sustainable Development, and Keith Weston, Red River Retention Authority
9:20 – 9:30 Questions and Discussion
9:30 – 9:45 Introduce Working Session Format – Rebecca Power, University of Wisconsin Division of Extension
9:45 – 10:00 Break
Nutrient Management BMPs
10:00 – 11:00 Nutrient Management BMPs for Cropping Systems – Jay Goos, North Dakota State University, and Lindsay Pease, University of Minnesota
11:00 – 12:00 Nutrient Management BMPs for N and P for Integrated Livestock Systems - Chryseis Modderman, University of Minnesota Extension, and Henry Wilson, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
Nutrient Transport Reduction BMPs
12:45 – 1:45 Field Erosion Pathways and BMPs for N and P Reduction – Dave Franzen, North Dakota State University, and David Lobb, University of Manitoba
1:45 – 2:45 Field Runoff Pathways and BMPs for N and P Reduction – Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, and Henry Wilson, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:15 Breakout Sessions with Facilitated Discussion
4:15 – 5:15 Report Out
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
8:00 – 8:15 Recap of Day 1 and Introduce Day 2
Vegetative BMPs
8:15 – 9:00 Vegetative BMPs and Nitrogen Reduction – Jay Furhrer, NRCS
9:00 – 9:45 Vegetative BMPs and Phosphorus Reduction – David Lobb, University of Manitoba, and Jian Liu, University of Saskatchewan
9:45 – 10:00 Questions and Discussion
10:00 – 10:15 Break
Structural BMPs
10:15 – 10:35 Partitioning field runoff and nutrient transport between surface and sub- surface pathways with tile drainage - Merrin Macrae, University of Waterloo
10:35 - 10:55 Nutrient reduction BMPs to treat tile drainage discharge – Gary Feyereisen, USDA-ARS
10:55 – 11:15 Drainage water management and subsurface irrigation to reduce nutrient runoff – Xinhua Jia, North Dakota State University
11:15 – 11:35 Water retention structures and nutrient removal efficiency – Jane Elliott, Environment and Climate Change Canada
11:45 – 12:30 Lunch
Integrating BMPs and Addressing Multiple Natural Resource Concerns
12:30 – 1:00 Integrating/Stacking BMPs in a Systems Approach to Maximize Nutrient Reduction – Roger Wolf, Iowa Soybean Association
1:00 – 1:30 Integrating BMPs for Multiple Natural Resource Benefits – Hank Venema, Strategic Community Consultants
1:30 – 2:45 Breakout Sessions with Facilitated Discussion
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:00 Report Out
4:00 – 4:15 Wrap Up and Next Steps