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Jamie sits down with Dr. Ehsan Ghane to discuss recent census numbers that show a decrease in tile drainage on farmland across the Midwest. Is it true? Learn why this Michigan State University professor and drainage expert is suspicious; on this episode of the Water Table Podcast.
Chapters & Episode Topics:
00:00 Today on TWT
00:14 Welcome Dr. Ehsan Ghane
01:07 Pipe perforations, an update
02:40 When will we see results?
03:30 Census numbers - are they crazy?
05:12 Data gathering
06:00 Very surprising numbers
07:20 An educated guess
08:20 Huge uncertainty in the data
09:15 A drop in responses
11:00 Conservation drainage and phosphorus
12:20 It’s so variable
13:40 Saturated buffers
14:40 Lowering blooms in Lake Erie
15:15 Long-term is key
16:17 Seven years and counting
16:45 What has changed?
18:00 To the extremes
19:15 The last word - tools for specific farms
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Related Content:
2022 Ag Census Reveals Surprising Trend in Acreage of Tile Drainage in the Midwest:
www.canr.msu.edu/news/2022-ag...
Michigan State University Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering - Drainage:
www.egr.msu.edu/bae/water/dra...
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