By: Vinayak Shedekar

Controlled drainage (drainage water management) is often called a Win-Win practice due to its benefit to downstream water quality as well as crop yields (if practiced during growing season). The growing season of 2023 was probably a good season to test if and how controlled drainage can help boost or sustain crop yields? Our recent article in Ohio’s Country Journal demonstrates how controlled drainage may have played a role in conserving some moisture during the early season drought in Ohio. Further, we give some guidance to producers on how they can use the yield monitor data from their fields and estimate the effect of controlled drainage within the zone of influence of controlled drainage. Full article can be accessed at: https://ocj.com/2023/11/did-controlled-drainage-help-your-2023-crop-yield/