SARE Interactive Exploration of Soil Health
More and more, producers are understanding that healthy soils are more productive and lead to healthier crops. Dig into this interactive infographic to learn more about sustainable production practices that…
ADMC Saturated Buffer Fact Sheet
This ADMC webpage provides information on saturated buffers including considerations for installation and financial impacts.
SWCS Saturated Buffers
This video, in the SWCS Conservation Media Library, shows how saturated buffers serve as a nutrient removal option for farmers.
Illinois NREC Saturated Buffer Video
Jon Schoonover with Southern Illinois University has designed a unique Saturated Buffer configuration that he has installed and tested in Moultrie County Illinois. The project is funded by NREC in…
IL Farm Bureau Saturated Buffer Field Day
Illinois Farm Bureau, Southern Illinois University College of Agriculture, Illinois Land Improvement Contractors Association, and USDA-NRCS partnered together to bring Illinois farmers an educational demonstration of our latest edge of…
University of Illinois Saturated Buffer
A grassed buffer between a field and a stream provides important benefits to the environment but underground a tile pipe can send nitrogen straight to the stream. Dr. Laura Christianson…
Transforming Drainage: Saturated Buffers
The Transforming Drainage project brings together research from experimental saturated buffer sites across the U.S. Midwest to evaluate the full potential of this new and exciting practice, and develop tools…
University of Illinois Extension: “Buffing Up” Water Quality
This saturated buffer fact sheet outlines the benefits of this practice and lists several considerations and requirements of installment.