Summary
Edge-of-field practices like bioreactors, buffers and wetlands filter a farm’s runoff before it reaches nearby waterways. Mitchell Hora and Zach Johnson bring on Professor Amy Kaleita from the Iowa State University Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering to explain how edge of field practices work and who might be able to install them on their land. Farmer Mike Ehlers also joins the show to talk about his experience installing a bioreactor and why conservation practices are important to him. Also included: kayaking in drainage ditches, magic wood chips, and a dead zone in the Gulf of New Mexico.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for fieldwork is provided by Manitou Fund. |
| 0:03.0 | Hey everyone, Mitchell here. |
| 0:04.0 | We really hope that all of you are hanging in there during this super stressful time with the coronavirus outbreak. |
| 0:09.0 | As we've said before, our jobs as farmers are more important now than ever. |
| 0:13.0 | So keep up the good work, keep your head up, and we hope that the sustainable ag practices that we've talked about on this season of fieldwork inspire you and help you to keep pressing forward. We also hope that the sustainable ag practices that we've talked about on this season of fieldwork |
| 0:20.9 | inspire you and help you to keep pressing forward. |
| 0:24.2 | We also hope that our corny jokes give you a much-needed laugh as well. |
| 0:28.5 | As always, thanks so much for listening and reach out anytime. |
| 0:32.6 | I know that we will pull through this together, and there is a ton of light on the other side. |
| 0:46.7 | Hey everybody. I'm Zach Johnson. And I'm Mitchell Hora. This is the fieldwork podcast, |
| 0:52.1 | a show by farmers for farmers. |
| 0:56.1 | If you've listened before, you know that we talk about what's working in sustainable |
| 0:59.7 | egg and what is not and why those things maybe are or are not working. |
| 1:04.2 | Today we're going to get a little bit edgy. |
| 1:07.5 | And we're going to talk about edge of field practices, of course. |
| 1:10.3 | That's super punny. |
| 1:12.7 | Yeah, so what we mean by edge of field is, you know, it's something that intercepts the water |
| 1:17.7 | that's coming off of that farm field. |
| 1:20.6 | I think that just inherently happens. |
| 1:22.7 | You're going to have water, of course, going off the side of your field. |
| 1:25.2 | You can catch a lot of it in the field, but that edge of field practice will kind of catch some of that water, |
| 1:30.7 | clean it out so that the water that is passing through it and into the crick is a lot cleaner. |
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