Site Summary
Farm Type: Cash crop
Crop: Corn, soybeans, winter wheat
Landscape: Rolling
Soil Type: Clay loam till
BMP treatment: Contoured tile drainage vs no contoured tile drainage
Monitoring: Surface and subsurface runoff
At the Huronview Demonstration Farm, Huron County, the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association and the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority have collaborated with the drainage industry to evaluate innovations in tile drainage. An innovative drainage project with contour drainage, control gates, wetlands, and terraces were installed starting in March 2019, culminating in a drainage demonstration day with over 300 people on June 19, 2019. Crop yields, soil health and water quantity and quality monitoring at the site follows a before, after, control, impact design. Ongoing knowledge technology transfer includes: A website, signs, trade magazine articles, conferences, peer-to-peer events, and more.
See more from the Huronview Demonstration Farm at: www.huronview.net
