The final episode of 2025’s Green Fields Green Dollars series has been released for your viewing pleasure. This episode dives into Controlled Drainage, a conservation practice gaining traction in Northwest Ohio for its wide-ranging benefits. Cohosts Clint Schroeder and Rachel Henry are joined for this episode by Dr. Vinayak Shedekar, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Water Management at The Ohio State University. The group discusses the practice of controlled drainage, benefits associated with it, and some preliminary economic data on the practice. This episode was filmed at the OSU Lima Campus, which is home to an innovative agricultural water retention pond that is used for irrigation of the fields around it. Controlled drainage is an integral part of this system, which was funded by US EPA and received partnership from Allen County SWCD, Ohio Department of Agriculture, and 7M farms.
More information about the OSU Lima site can be found by visiting this link. Season 2 episode 5 can be viewed on YouTube by visiting this link, or by visiting the OSU Agronomy Team YouTube Channel’s Green Fields Green Dollars Playlist, linked here.
Rachel Henry, CCA/CPAg, Water Quality Extension Associate
Clint Schroeder, Program Manager, Farm Business Analysis