| Wednesday, April 6 – Colhoun A Ballroom | |
| Session 1 | Agency 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 3 | State 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 4 | Poster 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 5 | Mini-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 6 | Drainage 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 7 | Drainage 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 8 | Improved 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 |