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2022 Conservation Drainage Network Annual Meeting

Wednesday, April 6 – Colhoun A Ballroom
Session 1Agency and Industry Updates
 Building a Drainage Consortium-
Kathy Boomer, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
 Learning Curve: Collaboration on drainage innovation at Huronview Demo Farm, Clinton, Ontario
Melisa Luymes, Land Improvement Contractors of Ontario and Jeremy Meiners, AGREM
 ARS LTAR-Drainage Working Group – Progress Update
Gary Feyereisen, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Successes in Drainage Water Management Implementation
Alan Gillespie, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
 EPA update on Hypoxia Task Force and Infrastructure Bill
Katie Flahive, US Environmental Protection Agency
Session 2  State Drainage Reports by NCERA-217 Members  
Indiana Drainage Research: Station Report
Jane Frankenberger, Purdue University
Michigan State Report
Ehsan Ghane, Michigan State University
 Missouri AES Report
Kelly Nelson, University of Missouri
 Minnesota State Report
Lindsay Pease, University of Minnesota
 South Dakota State Drainage Research and Outreach
John McMaine, South Dakota State University
Session 3State Drainage Reports by NCERA-217 Members (Contd.) and Drainage Impacts on Soil GHG and Carbon Cycling
 Iowa Station Report
Matt Helmers, Iowa State University
 Ohio Station Report
Vinayak Shedekar, The Ohio State University
 Oregon State University State Report
Abigail Tomasek, Oregon State University
 Examining the Fate of Nitrous Oxide in Drained Landscapes
Morgan Davis, University of Missouri
 Evaluating greenhouse gas and edge-of-field losses following subsurface drainage installation in NW Minnesota
Aaron Frankl and Kyle Sherbine, University of Minnesota
Session 4Poster Session and Networking at Botanical Gardens  
Pumping: A new way to feed a denitrifying bioreactor in Illinois
Carolina Diaz-Garcia, University of Illinois
Drainage water management impacts soil properties in floodplain soils
Harpreet Kaur, University of Missouri
Nitrate in Tile Drainage Effluent in Eastern South Dakota
Morghan Hurst, South Dakota State University
Drainage Design Tools: Developing Topologically-Sound Subsurface Drainage Networks
Falasy Anamelechi, University of Illinois
Regional Variation in Phosphorus Loading across Minnesota, USA
Heidi Reitmeier, University of Minnesota
Creating a Roadmap to Resilience: An Overview of the Willow Creek Watershed Project
Kristen Almen, South Dakota State University
Transforming Drainage: Managing Water for Increased Resiliency of Drained Agricultural Landscapes
Jane Frankenberger, Purdue University
Informing and Transforming Drainage: Tools, Videos, Publications You Can Use
Jane Frankenberger, Purdue University
Drainagedata.org: New Data Resource from the Transforming Drainage Project
Lori Abendroth, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Soil Health Demonstration
NE Indiana NRCS Soil Health Team
Thursday, April 7 –
Colhoun A Ballroom
Session 5Mini-Symposium: Phosphorus Fate and Transport: Processes and Practices
Forces united: How physical and chemical processes combine to impact soil phosphorus desorption on the way to the drain
Chad Penn, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
 Impact of flow source and pathway on particulate phosphorus loadings in tile-drainage
William Ford, University of Kentucky
 Linking in-stream P with field conditions and management in Black Creek, IN, tributary to the Maumee River
Tanja Williamson, US Geologic Survey
 Phosphorus and Fine Particle Retention in Agricultural Headwater Streams
Hannah Field, The Ohio State University
 One size does not fit all: Toward regional conservation practice guidance to reduce phosphorus risk in the Lake Erie watershed
Merrin Macrae, University of Waterloo
Session 6Drainage Research – Revisiting Drainage Ditch Systems – Key Challenges and Emerging Solutions for Managing Water Volume and Protecting Water Quality
 History, Science and Design behind two-stage and self-forming ditches
Jon Witter, The Ohio State University
 Implementing and maintaining two-stage ditches, a county engineer’s perspective
Mike Pniewski, Lucas County, Ohio

 
Water quality benefits of two-stage ditch implementation in agricultural waterways
Jennifer Tank, University of Notre Dame
Adaption of two-stage ditch designs to manage storm water in suburban/exurban areas
Seth Harden, The Nature Conservancy
Session 7Drainage Research – Topics in Conservation Drainage
 Controlled drainage management strategy for winter/cover crops in Ohio
Vinayak Shedekar, The Ohio State University
 Which pipe material improves the performance of the drainage system?
Ehsan Ghane, Michigan State University
 Tile Drainage, Sub-Irrigation and Furrow Irrigation for Soybean Production in the Mississippi Delta 
Gurbir Singh, Mississippi State University
 Identifying and Managing Agricultural Fields with Elevated Soil Test Phosphorus in the western Lake Erie basin through Public-Private Partnerships
Nathan Stoltzfus, The Ohio State University
 Long-term Performance and Failure of Bioreactors in Eastern South Dakota
John McMaine, South Dakota State University
Session 8Improved Crop Production and Environmental Performance through Accelerated Adoption of Cons. Drainage                         
 Advancing Conservation Drainage Adoption: Needs, Opportunities, and Approaches
Tom Christensen, Ecosystems Services Exchange
Perspectives on Conservation Drainage Needs and Opportunities Based on Chesapeake Bay Experiences
Tim Rosen, ShoreRivers
Conservation Drainage Innovation as Exemplified by Automated Drainage Water Management (ADWM)
Andy Craig, Ecosystems Services Exchange
On-Farm Applied Research Findings from Manual Drainage Water Management and Their Applicability to ADWM
Isaac Ferrie, Crop-Tech Consulting, Inc.
ADWM: Current State/Status and Expected Performance Results
Charlie Schafer, Agri Drain Corporation


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