Transforming Drainage

Agricultural Drainage Management Systems Task Force

The Agricultural Drainage Management Systems Task Force (ADMS) is a national partnership with the goal of improving drainage practices to reduce adverse environmental impacts while enhancing crop production and conserving water (Fouss and Sullivan 2009). The ADMS Task Force was initiated in the Fall of 2002 by federal, state, and local government agencies and universities. The Task Force seeks to reduce the loss and transport of fertilizer nutrients from drained agricultural croplands in the Midwestern States, and ultimately to implement drainage management practices on a large enough scale (watershed-by-watershed) in the Midwest to decrease transport of excess nutrients to downstream waters such as the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Erie.

A new structure was approved at the 2019 meeting in Moorhead, Minnesota. The Organizing Committee is being formed, which will move the group forward. Contact Jane Frankenberger (frankenb@purdue.edu) for more information.

Since its initiation in 2002, the ADMS Task Force has held 29 meetings. Notes for most of these meetings are available below.

Project Funding

This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2015-68007-23193, “Managing Water for Increased Resiliency of Drained Agricultural Landscapes.” Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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