HOST FARMS RAYMOND AND STUTZMAN

AND BAKERLADS FARMS

COVER CROP DEMONSTRATIONS

Drainage Water Management After harvest Before planting After planting

•Only drain what you need, when you need it

DWM – How it works

“On appropriate landscapes, we expect up to a 50% reduction in Annual Nitrate and

Phosphate Loads, on average, by Managing Agricultural Drainage Systems on

appropriate sites in Ohio

– Brown, Fausey, et al. Ohio State University, USDA-ARS

Control Structure Installation

a West Sub-irrigation

East subirrigation

Waste storage (Manure)

Waste Storage (leachate runoff)

3 chambered wetland

TWO STAGE DITCH

Blind Inlet

2014 Center for Excellence Field Day

over 500 people in attendance