Fulton County Farm Bureau
MWRD Research Partnership
As part of an ongoing collaboration with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), partners gathered at the MWRD Fulton County research site for the fifth of twelve 2021 Nutrient Stewardship Field Days. In addition to MWRD and IFB, other partners included Fulton and Cook County Farm Bureaus (CFB), University of Illinois, and Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council (NREC). Researchers from U of I and MWRD presented information about several of the research projects taking place at the site, including crop inter-seeding, woodchip bioreactors, grass buffers, and drainage water management research. The event concluded with a multi-stop tour of the Fulton County research site.
Certified Crop Advisors can receive self-reported Continuing Education Units (CEUs) after watching the videos for each of these field days. For more information and to find the self-reporting form, visit www.certifiedcropadvisor.org and click “Self-Report CEUs.”
Watch the full event
00:10 Dr. Albert Cox, Environmental Monitoring and Research Manager, MWRD
03:26 Justin Hadsall, Agricultural Technician, MWRD
07:27 Lauren Lurkins, Director of Environmental Policy, Illinois Farm Bureau
14:52 Julie Hewitt, Executive Director, NREC
18:54 Dr. Wei Zheng, Principal Research Scientist, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
21:39 Dr. Olawale Oladeji, Senior Ebvironmental Soil Scientist, MWRD
24:41 Dr. Essam El-Naggar, Environmental Soil Scientist, MWRD