Project News
Articles, events, and new releases about our project or that quote the scientists and farmers involved in our project and what they are discovering about how cover crops and fertilizer management practices could protect soil and water resources.
Researchers call diverse conservation practices a ‘1-2 punch’
August 23, 2021 - Focusing on phosphorus fertilizer management is an important strategy in preventing P loss, especically in areas where soil erosion and sediment loss are not a concern. Read the full story.
2017 Agronomy Department Cover Crop Field Day
November 3, 2017 - Ashland Bottoms Research Station
Exciting advances in cover crop research will be featured at the 2017 Agronomy Field Day on November 3 at the Ashland Bottoms Research Farm in Manhattan. Topics will focus on understanding the role cover crops play in water quality, weed control, soil quality, and more.
Read about event details here
Access Field Day Handout here (discussed on link below)
Listen to field day discussion on importance of protecting water quality (KSU Agriculture Today radio broadcast on 11/8/17)
Listen to project summary and description of field day handout (KSU Agriculture Today radio broadcast on 11/16/17)
K-State Agronomy Researchers Awarded Grant to Expand Study of Cover Crops and Fertilizer Management
October 2016 - K-State Today
Four researchers in Kansas State University's agronomy department were awarded a three-year, $468,599 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services to continue research on cover crops and fertilizer management on phosphorous loss in surface runoff.
Read full article here
Knowledge Gaps
August 2016 - AgPro
4R Research Fund finding solutions for nutrient stewardship.
Read full article here
Minimizing Phosphorus Loss with 4R Nutrient Stewardship and Cover Crops
July 2016 - International Plant Nutrition Institute
The goal of this project is to protect water quality and maximize nutrient use efficiency while simultaneously providing producers with flexible management options for phosphorus (P) fertilizers.
Watch video here
Researchers Eye Cover Crops, Fertilizer to Boost Water Quality
December 2015 - K-State Research and Extension News
Steady rains that peppered much of Kansas in early December may have caused inconveniences for travelers and shoppers, but they were a blessing of sorts for Nathan Nelson.
Read full article here
Water for the Future
Fall 2015 - College of Agriculture AgReport
The Kansas Agricultural Watershed is highlighted as one of the Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment's projects aimed at addressing Kansas's water needs.
Read full article here
Runoff in Kansas Watershed
July 2015 - K-State Research and Extension
With the increase of algal blooms in Kansas lakes, K-State agronomist Nathan Nelson is researching on how to control runoff from agricultural fields in watersheds.
Watch video here
