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Laura Christianson @MN_DrainDrop

Native Okie living my best life in MN. Researches how to keep ag drainage clean. Lots of #bioreactor tweets. Sometimes feat. #ConservationBabies

Joined May 2016
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Our experience with woodchip #bioreactor liners has come in handy for the #ConservationBabies ice skating rink. #MNlife ⛸️
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Just read your commentary on "Biostimulant or biological?" Thx Conner, nicely explained for this rapidly changing landscape.
Connor Sible@ConnorSible
10 Jul 2025
Replying to @ConnorSible
And right on schedule, our commentary on the matter! acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.c… We identify the differing use of biostimulant and biological and discuss/challenge the idea the living inoculants be jointly regulated with non-living substances (humics, extracts, etc.)
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Just in case you think I only talk about nitrate... lostdropraider.wordpress.com…

Sulfate? I thought we were talking about nitrate.

Another interesting aspect of this field trip to Sweden is that Dr. Roger Herbert and his intrepid PhD student Laura Nina Bettoni are also assessing bioreactors for sulfate removal in addition to n…

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Laura Christianson retweeted
ISU ANR Extension@ISUANR
18 Jun 2025
🚜 Conservation Drainage School | Aug 26–28 • Nashua, IA Learn the latest subsurface drainage practices for water quality: oxbows, bioreactors, controlled drainage, wetlands, and more. 🔗 Register now and learn more: extension.iastate.edu/news/c…
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Bioreactors have taken us to the ends of the earth --- Arctic style! Bundle up for this one. lostdropraider.wordpress.com…

Bioreactors at the ends of the Earth

We’ve flown to Kiruna, Sweden, inside the arctic circle, to see the “coolest bioreactor in the world”. We were very kindly hosted by Dr. Roger Herbert (Uppsala University) who coo…

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Nothing fishy about bioreactors for aquaculture lostdropraider.wordpress.com…

Nothing fishy about bioreactors for aquaculture

Although I’m most always thinking about tile drainage, one important application for woodchip bioreactors is the aquaculture industry. Many fish farms are classified as “point sources” of pollution…

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Day 2 of 2 of our personal tour. No rolling stones here. lostdropraider.wordpress.com…

SEGES Tour Day 2

If you ask a geologist for a tour, you’re bound to get a lot of rocks. The theme of day 2 was ”stones”. We learn about the Egyptian pyramids and Great Wall of China as kids, but it was nice to put …

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SEGES Tour - Day 1 lostdropraider.wordpress.com… Post conference tour -- Day 1 of 2

SEGES Tour – Day 1

Post-conference tours workshop were organized by Flemming Gertz of SEGES, an independent non-profit that bridges research and implementation in agriculture and sustainability. The extra activitie…

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Still on our quest for similarities and differences... Read more about what is happening in Denmark. lostdropraider.wordpress.com…

Similarities and differences (work edition)

As the LuWQ Conference drew to a close, we’ve continued to wrap our heads around similarities/ differences for the EU/ USA approaches to water and agriculture. I suppose we were mainly listening fo…

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First post from Europe. Thanks for tuning in! lostdropraider.wordpress.com…

Things that have surprised us the most (so far)

We’ve been in Aarhus, Denmark for a couple days so wanted to note some differences. It’s only appropriate that the walk signals are Vikings. Follow the Viking’s orders for walking…

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Final packing: This is it! lostdropraider.wordpress.com…

Final packing: This is it!

We’re in the final stretch before the trip, so we’re doing our final pack… and the final-final step of removing at least one thing from the bags. Our priority is packing light sin…

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Need a break from it all? How about a stay-cation to Scandinavia? Join us (electronically) this summer. #Bioreactors #ConservationBabies Pre-trip nerves lostdropraider.wordpress.com…

Pre-trip nerves

I’ll admit, we’re nervous about a couple things (well, more than a couple things actually…). Traveling with the Conservation Babies will have its challenges, and so we’re setting our bar low. But i…

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memes.xlsx
@ExcelHumor
22 Jan 2025
new executive order signed today forbids merging cells in excel
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Ramen noodle challenge unlocked! (No ramens were hurt during this experiment because I accidentally bought the kind no one likes)
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Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy@IllinoisNLRS
9 Jan 2025
Woodchip bioreactors are one edge-of-field practice that can be utilized to capture nitrates leaving a field through tile drainage. Learn more about this process on our latest podcast. go.illinois.edu/episode_68
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Don Flaten@donflaten1
13 Dec 2024
Registration is open for this winter’s “Soil Fertility Refresher Course” Feb 6-7 at Portage la Prairie. Registration deadline is Jan 18th, but limited to the first 40. So if you're interested, please complete & submit the online reg’n form asap at forms.gle/cJwRaDED87bc5UsKA
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Journal of Environmental Quality@JEnvironQual
5 Dec 2024
“Caring for Soils: Measure, Monitor, Manage” is the 2024 #WorldSoilDay theme. Check out the MANAGE Database including nutrient runoff data from 3,326 sites in the USA and Canada to facilitate modeling and management of N and P runoff in agroecosystems. doi.org/10.2134/jeq2008.0079

The MANAGE Database: Nutrient Load and Site Characteristic Updates and Runoff Concentration Data

The “Measured Annual Nutrient loads from AGricultural Environments” (MANAGE) database was developed to be a readily accessible, easily queried database of site characteristic and field-scale nutrie...

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Yes, HUGE congrats to Dr. Kelly Nelson! Humble, smart, funny — I’m so thankful to know and work with him!
Gurbir Singh@SinghGurbir9
13 Nov 2024
Congrats to Dr. Nelson for ASA Fellow ⁦@MUExtension⁩
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Ryan Heiniger@FarmrHuntr
9 Nov 2024
Who influences farmers to adopt conservation practices? Some great research from my friend @lprokopy at Purdue. #1 Family #2 Chemical dealer #3 Seed dealer Who has your ear and trust?
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@ExcelHumor
8 Nov 2024
i know this is a sensitive and controversial time but please do not merge cells in excel
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