Wisconsin Ag Connection - Kewaunee, Door Co. Farmers Work to Improve Water Quality

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Kewaunee, Door Co. Farmers Work to Improve Water Quality
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 09/18/2017

A group of eastern Wisconsin farmers are teaming up with state and federal agencies to study and demonstrate conservation practices to protect groundwater and surface water in the region. The Door-Kewaunee Demonstration Farm Network is a collaborative effort between the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Door and Kewaunee Land Conservation Departments and Peninsula Pride Farms.

As a group, they will test, demonstrate and share information about leading-edge technologies used on their farms, such as cover crops, reduced tillage, low disturbance manure injection and other practices that improve soil health, increase organic matter in the soil and reduce soil erosion.

"The Demonstration Farm Network allows farmers to take the lead in improving our water and soil health," said Lee Kinnard, owner of Kinnard Farms. "It also allows us farmers to have access to science and information like we've never had before. We are fortunate to have a great group of partners working with us."

Besides Kinnard Farms, Deer-Run Dairy, Augustian Farms and Brey Cycle Farm make up the Peninsula Pride team. In addition to the work being done on the four demonstration farms, there are several other sites in Kewaunee and southern Door counties as well as Brown, Manitowoc and Shawano counties participating in the UW Discovery Farms Tile Project, which will analyze water quality in and around drain tile in fields.

The Door-Kewaunee Demonstration Farm Network will host several tours and field days to showcase the work being done at each of the four demonstration farms.

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