A Wisconsin farmer has been recognized for his conservation efforts including a way to re-use water and nutrients from his fields. John Eron farms west of Stevens Point, and tells Brownfield his heavy clay soils often lead to wet spring planting, very dry conditions in mid-summer, and then wet again in the fall, making it hard to plant and harvest. “One of the ideas I thought was it sure would be nice if we could collect that excess water in springtime, be able to irrigate that water back on the fields in the summertime, and again start collecting water over the wintertime again.”
At the start of a drain tile line, it’s easy to see how much clay John Eron has to deal with.
