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    Janesville Success Story

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    The Rebout brothers farm 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans near Janesville, Wisconsin. They partnered with University of Wisconsin-Discovery Farms in 2014 to install edge-of-field monitoring in paired watersheds to study the impacts of their cropping systems on soil erosion and nutrient losses. They hosted a field day highlighting their precision agriculture and nutrient management techniques. One watershed will have a cereal rye cover crop added for three years to compare against the control watershed and see if cover crops can reduce impacts on water quality and warrant wider adoption.

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    The Rebout brothers farm 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans near Janesville, Wisconsin. They partnered with University of Wisconsin-Discovery Farms in 2014 to install edge-of-field monitoring in paired watersheds to study the impacts of their cropping systems on soil erosion and nutrient losses. They hosted a field day highlighting their precision agriculture and nutrient management techniques. One watershed will have a cereal rye cover crop added for three years to compare against the control watershed and see if cover crops can reduce impacts on water quality and warrant wider adoption.

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    The Rebout brothers farm 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans near Janesville, Wisconsin. They partnered with University of Wisconsin-Discovery Farms in 2014 to install edge-of-field monitoring in paired watersheds to study the impacts of their cropping systems on soil erosion and nutrient losses. They hosted a field day highlighting their precision agriculture and nutrient management techniques. One watershed will have a cereal rye cover crop added for three years to compare against the control watershed and see if cover crops can reduce impacts on water quality and warrant wider adoption.

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    Janesville Success Story

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    The Rebout brothers farm 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans near Janesville, Wisconsin. They partnered with University of Wisconsin-Discovery Farms in 2014 to install edge-of-field monitoring in paired watersheds to study the impacts of their cropping systems on soil erosion and nutrient losses. They hosted a field day highlighting their precision agriculture and nutrient management techniques. One watershed will have a cereal rye cover crop added for three years to compare against the control watershed and see if cover crops can reduce impacts on water quality and warrant wider adoption.

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    Rock County Success from the Field

    Field Day Showcases Precision Agriculture and Water Quality

    Background
    Doug, Dan, and Dave Rebout are the three brothers who
    make up Roger Rebout and Sons Farm, a 4,000 acre corn and
    soybean operation just outside of Janesville. They also have a
    small dairy and raise around 200 Holstein steers annually on a
    multi-faceted farm they inherited from their father and now
    share with their sons.

    Highlights
    In 2014, the Rebouts partnered with University of Wisconsin-
    Discovery Farms to become the first operation in Discovery
    Farms’ southeast core cluster.
    As part of this collaboration, NRCS provided financial assis- The NRCS Soil health trailer and rainfall simulator are ready
    tance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to provide some enlightenment in a field of harvested wheat
    (EQIP) to install edge-of-field monitoring in paired watersheds with a volunteer wheat cover crop for extra soil health.
    on two Rebout farm fields.
    The brothers were interested in participating in this research
    effort because they believed the cropping system they adopt-
    ed was doing a pretty good job of limiting soil erosion and
    nutrient losses to surface water.
    The Rebouts hosted a field day for state and county elected
    officials in conjunction with Insight FS and the Wisconsin Farm
    Bureau Federation as part of the Sustainable 4RWI collabora-
    tive project. The event highlighted how farmers and crop
    nutrient retailers can partner to improve management of nu-
    trients by choosing the right nutrient source, applying at the
    right rate, at the right time, and in the right place.
    Staff from Insight FS presented information on the precision
    agriculture and nutrient management techniques employed An explanation of the Rebout’s strip-till and nutrient manage-
    on the Rebout farms while Discovery Farms talked about wa- ment practices was on display. Impacts of these activities on
    ter quality monitoring and nitrogen use efficiency. The NRCS water quality are being measured by Discovery Farms.
    rainfall simulator was on display and Dave Gundlach, District
    Conservationist, discussed the soil health impacts of different for three years and the results of the cover crop addition will
    crop management systems. be compared against the control watershed that doesn’t re-
    ceive cover crops. They are interested to see if the effects of
    Future Plans the cover crop warrant wider adoption across more of their
    acres. They also plan to continue taking an active role in pro-
    The Rebouts have one more growing season of benchmark moting sustainable cropping practices to the local community
    data collection left before one of the paired watersheds in the in the years to come.
    edge-of-field study will have a cereal rye cover crop added to Wisconsin
    the rotation following fall harvest. This treatment will be done Natural
    Resources
    Conservation
    Service

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