Project Period: June 2008- September 2016
Cooperators: North Dakota State University Extension Service
Project Chief: Rochelle Nustad
Executive Summary:
In 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with North Dakota State University Extension Service
and in coordination with an advisory group consisting of State agencies, agricultural producers, and
commodity groups, implemented a monitoring study as part of a Discovery Farms program in North
Dakota. Three data-collection sites were established at each of three farms near Underwood, Embden,
and Dazey, North Dakota. Runoff and water-quality data were collected from 2008-16. Data collected
during the study were used to describe runoff and water-quality characteristics and are published in two
reports. Runoff and water-quality data were used to help describe the implications of agricultural
conservation practices on runoff and water-quality patterns.
Objective(s):
To monitor runoff and water-quality of runoff from working agricultural farms and describe
runoff and water-quality characteristics from the farms.
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Runoff and water-quality characteristics of three Discovery Farms in North Dakota, 2008–16
Water-quality characteristics in runoff for three discovery farms in North Dakota, 2008-12
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Project Period: June 2008- September 2016
Cooperators: North Dakota State University Extension Service
Project Chief: Rochelle NustadExecutive Summary:
In 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with North Dakota State University Extension Service
and in coordination with an advisory group consisting of State agencies, agricultural producers, and
commodity groups, implemented a monitoring study as part of a Discovery Farms program in North
Dakota. Three data-collection sites were established at each of three farms near Underwood, Embden,
and Dazey, North Dakota. Runoff and water-quality data were collected from 2008-16. Data collected
during the study were used to describe runoff and water-quality characteristics and are published in two
reports. Runoff and water-quality data were used to help describe the implications of agricultural
conservation practices on runoff and water-quality patterns.Objective(s):
To monitor runoff and water-quality of runoff from working agricultural farms and describe
runoff and water-quality characteristics from the farms. - Multimedia
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Below are publications associated with this project.
Runoff and water-quality characteristics of three Discovery Farms in North Dakota, 2008–16
Agricultural producers in North Dakota are aware of concerns about degrading water quality, and many of the producers are interested in implementing conservation practices to reduce the export of nutrients from their farms. Producers often implement conservation practices without knowledge of the water quality of the runoff from their farm or if conservation practices they may implement have any eAuthorsJoel M. Galloway, Rochelle A. NustadWater-quality characteristics in runoff for three discovery farms in North Dakota, 2008-12
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with North Dakota State University Agriculture Research Extension and in collaboration with North Dakota State Department of Health, North Dakota State Water Commission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and several agricultural producers, helped organize a Discovery Farms program in North Dakota in 2007. Discharge measurements and water-quality samplAuthorsRochelle A. Nustad, Kathleen M. Rowland, Ronald Wiederholt - Partners
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