Sustainable Agriculture Videos

Saturated buffers are an edge-of-field option farmers can apply to reduce the amount of nitrogen runoff in water leaving their fields. Illinois Extension watershed outreach associates explain how bioreactors work to remove nitrogen and improve water quality. 

The Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy is a multi-agency partnership that works to keep our waterways and everything downstream healthy. Explore the three new best practices that have recently been added to the list of recommended practices: water and sediment control basins, saturated...

More tile drainage is installed in Illinois and the Midwest every year in agricultural fields. Tile drainage allows farmers to optimize spring planting. It has also been shown to contribute nitrogen and phosphorus in waterways. Explore these edge-of-field conservation practices farmers...

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In the fall, the farmer will till the where the crop was. In the spring, the balance of the soil is tilled. This prepares a good seedbed for the seed with less moisture loss. This method could delay planting since the soil may be cooler.

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Kevin Brooks walks landowners through another aspect of modern farming. Track tractors are becoming more and more popular. Benefits of track tractors have to do with compaction and traction.

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As the planting season begins, let's take a ride with a farmer and learn more about vertical tillage. The vertical tool is called an accelerator. It works a depth up to four inches. The 40-foot tool takes 500 horsepower to pull. It chops the stalks up. The vertical tool is better for...

Learn the purpose of the stand pipes you see in the middle of fields. The systems can sometimes go several miles. In central Illinois, many of these systems are aging.

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Watch water running into a ditch from a field tile. 

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Drainage tiles help remove water quickly from fields. Prior to installing the drainage tiles, rains would have created large ponds. 

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