SLM Database

Vegetated water basins for the control of diffuse pollution

• Compiler: Nicola Dal Ferro
• 10/27/2014 10:15 a.m.

Application of precision farming and variable rate application technology for spatial optimization of organic amendments use

• Compiler: Nicola Dal Ferro
• 04/24/2015 2:19 p.m.

Postponing the timing of ploughing a grassland field by one or two years to reduce nutrient losses and organic matter decomposition.

• Compiler: Jason Stuka
• 04/25/2015 8:54 p.m.

Separation of cow manure is a common practice on dairy farms in The Netherlands to improve the nutrient use efficiency.

• Compiler: Simone Verzandvoort
• 05/10/2015 4:23 p.m.

Submerged drains are drains installed in grassland on peatsoils with the aims to decrease soil subsidence and emission of CO2 and N2O due to the oxidation of peat soil, and to maintain suitable groundwater levels in fields for grassland production and grazing.

• Compiler: Simone Verzandvoort
• 10/30/2015 12:29 p.m.

Grass intercropping on corn fields

• Compiler: Jason Stuka
• 03/24/2015 6:17 p.m.

Humic acid application is a technology that allows the farmer to supply organic matter to the soil, without supplying additional nitrogen and phosphorus.

• Compiler: Jason Stuka
• 05/10/2015 12:48 p.m.

Grass buffer zones are established along waterways in cropland to reduce the surface runoff rate, and the amounts of sediment, nutrients and pesticides in the runoff.

• Compiler: Kamilla Skaalsveen
• 08/13/2014 2:33 p.m.

Small retention ponds, located in the forest, are ponds or pools with sufficient storage capacity to store the surface runoff to prevent flooding during heavy rainfall events. Ponds contain limited or no water during dry weather, but are designed to retain water during rain events.

• Compiler: Dominika Krzeminska
• 01/25/2022 2:10 p.m.