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Why are we here today?
Paul Daigle
Land and Water Program Director
Professional Soil Scientist
Professional Hydrologist
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Share impacts and find solutions to changes in Climate
• Observed Impacts on farms and from farms on climate change
• Willing to listen to understand, in order to find common ground
• Open-minded and willing to explore new ideas
• Interested in finding solutions, not defending status quo
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The relationship between agriculture and changing weather
• Importance of the land and water• No land and water• No Farms• No Food
• Importance of the agricultural uses• Many users with varying interests
and values
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Ecosystem Processes-Disruptions
Biogeochemical Nutrient CycleCommunity Dynamics-Diversity
Solar Energy- Chemical Energy Water Cycle
We need to support farming systems
that mimic these cycles
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According to the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company records-Northern half of WI experienced the driest decade on record from
2000-2010
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According to the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company records- Northern half of WI then experienced the wettest decade on record from 2010-2019
Dramatic shifts in weather patterns, indicative of climate change, make farming extremely difficult. Coupled with dramatic swings in commodity prices makes farming far more risky.
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“Man argues….nature acts”!
Voltaire
PICTURE FROM PORTAGE COUNTY SPRING 2020
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There has been an increase of 22% in the amount of land planted to
row crops and under intensive tillage in the last two decades in Marathon County
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Tillage-induced
Carbon Dioxide Loss
CO2CO2
No. 1 Environmental Enemy in
Production Agriculture
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Tillage destroys soil aggregates:
Tilled soil
No-till soil
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Increase in gully erosion
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Increase in volume and speed of runoff Increase sheet and rill erosion
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Disrupted water cycle-Infiltration problem-leading to down stream flooding, lack of groundwater
recharge & lack of base flow to streams
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Increasing Sediment and nutrient runoff which lead to poor water
quality
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Voluntary Conservation and minimal compliance requirements
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It is still not enough!
Figure 4 Phosphorus concentrations in Fenwood Creek
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This soil is naked, hungry, thirsty and running a fever!
Ray Archuleta 2007
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Northern Hemisphere in the Spring CO2 is red/orange-Source is NASA
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Northern Hemisphere mid summer
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Organizational responsibility
Farms/Farmers/Farm groups
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”
Our lakes and rivers are filled with nutrients and sedimentFrom unfulfilled promises of the best laid nutrient andconservation management plans
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Solution is right in front of us-Nature’s cover-farming must mimic nature
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Mother Nature always wins
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Science with correct Mindset!
No relationship Relationship
We have options to choose from? Which one’s mimics nature?
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PLANT AND SOIL AREONE!
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Restore Ecosystem Processes:
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Which Field Captures Solar Energy?
Cover the soil year round
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A new farming approach…
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Planting Corn Into Cover Crop Mix
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Solutions are known
Watershed health through the use of resilient farming systems.
Soil health =
I would argue Climate Health
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Understand Nature Is:
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7/9/2020These practices will reduce CO2 levels, reduce temperature extremes, cut sediment and phosphorus levels in half or more: outcome resilentagriculture systems
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Carbon mat (skin): feeds soil, keeps it cool, suppress weeds, and protects from rain drop
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Look at the cover during
harvest !
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Managed Grazing Systems: perennial sods, feeding livestock, year round soil cover, no tillage needed.
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Finding the right stakeholders
Diversity-one group won’t solve this alone! Not the farmers, not the producer groups, not government, not user groups, not the non-profits
Stakeholders withthe right values
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Eau Pleine Partnership for Integrated Conservation (beyond a producer led group)
“Integrating resilience into the natural resources, community, and economy of
the Eau Pleine Watershed”
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Marshfield Agricultural
Research StationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Farmers
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Thank you!
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Contact information:
715-261-6000
Questions?