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Denitrifying ‘Woodchip’ Bioreactor Projects
While in-field practices such as 4Rs nitrogen management and cover crops will be vital to meeting agricultural water quality goals, as substantial investments in drainage systems continue to be made, edge-of-field practices like bioreactors will also be a necessary part of the solution. Inside a bioreactor, provision of a solid organic carbon source in addition to maintenance of anoxic conditions allows the natural process of denitrification to be enhanced, meaning waters leaving these treatment systems have significantly reduced nitrate loads.
Spring 2017 Quarterly Bulletin
Illinois NREC is proud to release our first quarterly bulletin with updates on funded projects, outreach efforts and details on upcoming events.
How Much Nitrogen is Gone?
Many growers across Illinois have wondered what the cold wet weather of Spring 2017 did to Nitrogen in their fields. With funding from Illinois NREC, Dr. Emerson Nafziger has released a bulletin outlining the status of Nitrogen with recommendations for management .The Bulletin_ N Status 51817
http://bulletin.ipm.illinois.edu/?p=3882