We're a network of farmers testing and demonstrating the best conservation practices to reduce phosphorus, nitrates, and sediment entering the Great Lakes Basin. 

WPCR has initiated an applied research effort on farmland located at Racine County's Case Eagle Park in Rochester to directly address the major barrier to widespread conservation practice implementation that would vastly improve surface water quality: Economics.

This plot compares the yield and soil health benefits in corn, soybean, and winter wheat in conventionally tilled and no-till plots with cover crops.

Dane Demo Farms is a network of farmers that demonstrate and research leading edge conservation practices that improve water quality and soil health throughout Dane County.  

Northeastern Wisconsin’s Door-Kewaunee Watershed is home to a network of farms that will demonstrate the best conservation practices to protect the Great Lakes.

Fields of Sinsinawa is a Farmer-Led Learning Center created to demonstrate and share farming practices to promote healthy soils, protect the environment, ensure profitability, and revitalize rural communities.

The Horse Creek Area Farmer-Led Watershed Council manages a research style test plot in Northwest Wisconsin demonstrating the influence different cover crops and tillage practices have on water quality, soil health, and farm productivity.

The Lower Fox Demonstration Farms Network (“Fox Demo Farms) is designed to showcase and demonstrate leading edge conservation practices that improve Great Lakes water quality by reducing phosphorus and sediment from entering Green Bay and Lake Michigan.

Outagamie County LCD, in partnership with the Oneida Nation, established 30 acres for a Soil Health Education and Demonstration (SHED) facility for advancing conservation education and demonstrating innovative soil health equipment. 

The Ozaukee County Demonstration Farm Network is designed to showcase and demonstrate leading-edge conservation practices that improve Great Lakes water quality by reducing phosphorus from entering Lake Michigan through Sauk Creek, Sucker Creek, and the Milwaukee River. 

Dunn County Soil and Water Health Partnership is promoting soil health and water quality through education.

​A place to converge, learn, and demonstrate with regenerative agriculture and conservation-friendly farming best practices.

Our Demonstration Farms are educational hubs for farmers and the public to learn about agroforestry.

The Upper Fox-Wolf Demonstration Farm Network supports a network of producers to address challenges at the ground level and provide solutions that can be implemented on a large scale throughout the watershed.