UW-Extension Discovery Farms Program

Widespread cooperation and collaboration help create environmentally and financially sound recommendations.

Discovery Farms Implement Environmental Management Practices

Three Wisconsin dairy farmers discuss their environmental challenges and the science-based solutions developed on their farms through the UW-Extension Discovery Farms program.

Saxon Homestead Farm—Can intensive grazing help reduce sediment loss?

The UW-Discovery Farms program worked with Saxon Homestead Farm to better understand water quality issues on a rotational grazing farm.

Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy—Measuring the environmental impact of a large farming system

The UW-Discovery Farms program worked with Pagel's Ponderosa Dairy to better understand how management practices can be used to minimize nutrient and sediment losses on the farm.

Soaring Eagle Dairy—Monitoring surface water and nutrient and soil sediment loss

An environmental study done at Soaring Eagle Dairy has helped identify the importance of tile drainage systems and their role on dairy farms.