June 5 - 6, 2019 – Moorhead, Minnesota
Wednesday, June 5, 2019, Morning Session
Moderator: Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
| Topic | Speaker |
| Welcome | |
| The Road to Resilience: Managing Agricultural Water in an Increasingly Complex Red River Basin | Ted Priester, Red River Basin Commission |
| Drainage water management in North Dakota | Kelsey Huber, North Dakota State Water Commission |
| Drainage law and management in Minnesota | Henry Van Offelen, Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources |
| Water Management in the Minnesota portion of the Red River Basin | Rob Sip, Director, Red River Watershed Management Board |
| Drainage permitting in the Bois de Sioux Watershed District, MN | Chad Engels, Moore Engineering |
| Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition (ADMC) Update | Charlie Schafer, Keegan Kult, other industry representatives |
| ADMS Task Force – Moving Forward | Jane Frankenberger, Purdue University, for the ADMS Structure Committee |
Luncheon Moderator: Xinhua Jia Luncheon Speaker: Leadership for Agricultural Water Management | The Honorable Ed Schafer, former Governor of North Dakota and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019, Afternoon Session
Moderator: Laura Christianson
| Topic | Speaker |
| NRCS updates, standards and perspectives | Ruth Book, NRCS Illinois; Clarence Prestwich, NRCS West National Technical Support Center and National Water Management Engineer (Acting) |
| USEPA updates | Katie Flahive, USEPA |
| New mechanisms for scaling up drainage management implementation | Chris Hay, Iowa Soybean Association |
| ADMS Task Force – Moving Forward | Jane Frankenberger, Purdue University, for the ADMS Structure Committee |
| The Red River Valley Drainage Water Management Project | Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Minnesota Department of Agriculture |
| 40 Years of Nutrient Management at the Northwest Research & Outreach Center | Lindsay Pease and Heidi Reitmeier, University of Minnesota |
| Update: Using Drones for Subsurface Drainage Mapping | Barry Allred, USDA-ARS, presented by Triven Koganti |
| Poster introductions. See list of poster presenters | |
| Posters and Reception |
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Moderator: Ehsan Ghane
NCERA-217 Business Meeting (for NCERA-217 members) moderated by Jeff Strock
| Topic | Speaker |
| Welcome & Discussion of next year’s meeting | |
| Michigan Drainage Update | Ehsan Ghane, Michigan State University |
| Drainage Research at ARS-IA | Dan Jaynes, ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environments |
| State update: Drainage research in Illinois | Laura Christianson, University of Illinois |
| Impacts of 4R Nitrogen Management on Drainage Water Quality in Iowa | Matt Helmers, Iowa State University |
| Drainage water management on saline and sodic soils | Xinhua Jia, North Dakota State University |
| Integrated Soil and Water Conservation to Achieve Production and Water Quality Goals | Jeff Strock, University of Minnesota |
| Indiana drainage research update | Jane Frankenberger, Purdue University |
| Microbial communities in bioreactors | Rachel McDaniel, South Dakota State University |
| Discussion: What have we learned? Research needs and opportunities moving forward | |
| Field Trip |
Posters
| Authors | Title |
| Emily Bock (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Virginia Tech), K. Stephenson, Z. Easton | Artificial sinks to treat legacy nutrients in agricultural landscapes |
| Gurbir Singh (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Missouri), K. Nelson | Long-term Drainage, Subirrigation, and Tile Spacing Effects on Maize Production |
| Hanseok Jeong (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois), R. Bhattarai, R. Cooke | Seasonal effects of tile depth and spacing on field-scale tile drainage and nitrate losses in Illinois |
| Manal Askar (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Michigan State University), M. Youssef, G. Chescheir, L. Negm, K. King, R. Skaggs, D. Hesterberg, A. Amoozegar | Testing DRAINMOD-P for Predicting Edge-of-field Phosphorus Losses from an Artificially Drained Field with Cracking Soil in Northwest Ohio |
| Tyler Groh (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Iowa State University), M.P. Davis, T.M. Isenhart, D.B. Jaynes, T.B. Parkin | Limitations to Denitrification in Saturated Riparian Buffers |
| Md Sami Bin Shokrana (Graduate Student, Michigan State University), E. Ghane | Effects of Flow and Schedule of Sample Filtration on the Dynamics of Phosphorus Transport under Conventional Drainage |
| Ana Paula Sanchez Bustamante (Graduate Student, University of Illinois), C. Pedersen, M. Helmers | Estimating nutrient loading during flooding in plot-scale subsurface drainage research |
| Niranga Wickramarathne (Graduate Student, University of Illinois), L.E. Christianson, R.A. Cooke | Does the Emerald Ash Borer kill more than the tree? Nitrate removal with ash woodchips |
| Ehsan Bagheri (Ph.D. Graduate Student, North Carolina State University), M. Youssef, C. Poole, L. Negm | Real-time Water Table Management System to Increase Resiliency of Drained Croplands |
| Hossam Moursi (Ph.D. Graduate Student, North Carolina State University) | Experimental Investigation of the Crop Yield and Water Quality Benefits of Drainage Water Recycling in Eastern North Carolina |
| Triven Koganti (Ph.D. Fellow, Aarhus University, Denmark), E. V. D. Vijver, B. J. Allred, M. H. Greve, J. Ringgaard, B. V. Iversen | Mapping of subsurface drainage in agricultural areas using a stepped frequency ground penetrating radar |
| Daniel Welage (Graduate Student, Purdue University), E. Kladivko, K. Mitchell | Long-term Subsurface Drainage Effects on Physical and Hydraulic Properties of Soil |
| Giovani Preza-Fontes (Graduate Student, University of Illinois), C. Pittelkow, L. Christianson | Balancing water quality, nitrogen management, and corn production goals in Illinois |
| Saeid Nazari (Graduate Student, University of Kentucky), W. Ford, K. King | Edge-of-field Monitoring and Modeling to Quantify Sediment P Fluxes and Pathways in Tile-Drained Landscapes |
| Sadia Jame (Graduate Student, Purdue University), L. Bowling | Regional Variability in Controlled Drainage |
| Charlotte Lee (Graduate Student, Purdue University), L. Bowling, K. Cherkauer | Potential Influence of Drainage Water Recycling in Indiana |
Matt Werlinger (Undergraduate student, North Dakota State University), X. Jia, R. Carda, A. Klos, J. Brilz | Designing a Drainage Structure to Increase Water Movement in Clayey Soils |
