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Field Day Tour to Focus on Greenhouse Gases, Crop Management
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 08/21/2014

There will be a special session on research related to greenhouse gases and crop management at the Agronomy/Soils Field Day next week at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station. The August 27 tours will be held at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and will show how greenhouse gases are collected across different Wisconsin cropping systems and describe recent research discoveries and the applications of this research. University of Wisconsin-Extension and UW-Madison invite farmers, agronomists, crop consultants, agri-business, governmental agencies and the general public to attend.

Experts claim that agriculture contributes almost 10 percent of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions. Soil management contributes 75 percent of the nitrous oxide emissions in the U.S., while livestock and manure account for 34 percent. As a result, researchers have focused on identifying agricultural management practices that can reduce nitrous oxide and methane losses.

"Our current research at UW is focused on understanding what the baseline losses are, how much they vary from year to year and how different cropping systems and management practices affect those losses," said Matt Ruark, a UW-Extension specialist and assistant professor of soil fertility and nutrient management at UW-Madison. "We are also interested in assessing the emissions in relation to production. Depending on the agricultural system being evaluated, the emissions may be calculated per gallon of milk, per bushel of grain or per energy produced."

UW-Madison and UW-Extension are part of three major efforts related to agricultural climate change mitigation and adaption.


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