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Warren Formo

Warren Formo

Warren Formo is executive director of the Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center.

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anhydrous ammonia being applied to field

Conservation & Sustainability

Best nitrogen practices: It depends Best nitrogen practices: It depends

Oct 8, 2024

3 Min Read

A dark stormy sky above a field

Farm Business Planning

Minnesota Department of Agriculture expands weather data network Minnesota Department of Agriculture expands weather data network

Sep 11, 2024

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Bridge over tree-lined river with high water

Conservation & Sustainability

Drainage may reduce flooding levels

Drainage may reduce flooding levels

wide view of field

Conservation & Sustainability

High-water mark in conservation funding

High-water mark in conservation funding

Field behind wetland

Conservation & Sustainability

Mitigating agricultural nitrate losses

Mitigating agricultural nitrate losses

combine in field

Nutrient management conferences highlight latest research

Nutrient management conferences highlight latest research

A harvested field with cover crops emerging from the soil

USDA census highlights conservation progress

USDA census highlights conservation progress

hands around a glass of water

What’s in your glass of water?

What’s in your glass of water?

A watershed leading into a river

Encouraging news on Gulf hypoxia

Encouraging news on Gulf hypoxia

A man holding a glass under a faucet of running water

Conservation & Sustainability

Minnesotans work together to address environmental challenges

Minnesotans work together to address environmental challenges

Rows of crops and silos off in the distance

Conservation & Sustainability

Livestock, row crop farms blamed for nitrate levels

Livestock, row crop farms blamed for nitrate levels

Concept photo of magnifying glass with PFAS over it in red letters

Conservation & Sustainability

Forever chemicals intersect with agriculture

Forever chemicals intersect with agriculture

Feeding stations for livestock

Conservation & Sustainability

Livestock farms under pressure

Livestock farms under pressure

Close-up of cornfield with cornstalks and residue covered with soil

Conservation & Sustainability

Strip till gains momentum

Strip till gains momentum

Stream flowing through field

Conservation & Sustainability

Water quality certification offers financial benefits

Water quality certification offers financial benefits

Flock of white herons visit rural wetlands

Conservation & Sustainability

Supreme Court delivers on Waters of the United States

Supreme Court delivers on Waters of the United States

Boy drinking water from garden hose

Conservation & Sustainability

Know your water

Know your water

Rolls of drainage tube in harvested cornfield

Conservation & Sustainability

Discovery Farms project highlights drainage

Discovery Farms project highlights drainage management

Lightning, storm cloue over grain bins

Conservation & Sustainability

Weather, the ultimate yield-influencer

Weather, the ultimate yield-influencer

Corn plants emerging from ground, about 4 inches tall

Conservation & Sustainability

Focus on what works

Focus on what works

cows standing in grass near water

Conservation & Sustainability

Little clarity in revised WOTUS rule

Little clarity in revised WOTUS rule

sprayer driving through field

Conservation & Sustainability

MDA seeks input on neonic best management practices

MDA seeks input on neonic best management practices

Alternating contour strips of soybeans and corn against a sunny blue sky with clouds

Conservation & Sustainability

Nutrient Management Conference marks 15 years with February event

Nutrient Management Conference marks 15 years with February event

liquid nitrogen application

Conservation & Sustainability

5 considerations to reduce nitrogen losses

5 considerations to reduce nitrogen losses

Red River winds through farmland in western Minnesota

Conservation & Sustainability

Nitrate reduction plan gets revamp in Minnesota

Nitrate reduction plan gets revamp in Minnesota

truck driving through field spreading manure

Conservation & Sustainability

Improved nutrient management benefits economy, environment

Improved nutrient management benefits economy, environment

a field being aerial sprayed by a small yellow plane flying across blue sky

Farming Equipment

Pesticide stewardship protects water resources

Pesticide stewardship protects water resources

coils of plastic irrigation pipping in field

Minnesota water storage projects losing momentum 0

Minnesota water storage projects losing momentum

leaves on corn plant

Conservation & Sustainability

Adoption of conservation practices grows

Adoption of conservation practices grows

snow covered rural landscape

Conservation & Sustainability

Wind erosion creates challenge to do better

Wind erosion creates challenge to do better

tractor and cart hauling and spreading manure across field

Conservation & Sustainability

Minnesota’s fertilizer checkoff boosts nutrient management research

Minnesota’s fertilizer checkoff boosts nutrient management research

Landscape of a lake with a tree line in the distance

WOTUS to and fro continues

WOTUS to and fro continues

drainage tubes

Conservation & Sustainability

Temporary water storage provides multiple benefits

Temporary water storage provides multiple benefits

purple prairie flowers

Activist’s claims about land use swing and miss in Minnesota

Activist’s claims about land use swing and miss in Minnesota

farm land with farmstead in the background

Landlord-tenant partnerships deliver conservation benefits

Landlord-tenant partnerships deliver conservation benefits

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