Publications

Publications

Publications

Research Findings for a Desirable Future

This multidisciplinary publication list showcases findings from the FEWscapes project directly and associated research endeavors. They help advance science and decision-making for a desirable future.

2026

Ferin, Kelsie M, Booth, Eric G, Loheide II, Steven P, Turner, Monica G, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2026). Targeted grassland restoration increases potential for reduced nutrient export in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Environmental Research Letters, 21, 054022. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ae4abc.

2025

Orfanou, Anna, Sanford, Gregg R, Jackson, Randall D, Ruark, Matthew D, Gratton, Claudio, Pavlou, Dimitrios, Mourtzinis, Spyridon, Conley, Shawn P, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2025). Adapting an agroecosystem model to account for cover crop management in the Midwest USA. Smart Agricultural Technology, 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2025.100930

Mackin, Hunter C, Jackson, Randall D, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2025). Adding pasture and grazing management to the Agro-IBIS agroecosystem simulation model. Agricultural Systems, 226 (C). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104326

2024

Ferin, Kelsie M, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2024). Irrigation expansion shows potential for increased maize yield and reduced nitrogen leaching in the Midwest US. Agricultural Systems, 219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104055

Juckem, Paul F, Corson-Dosch, Nicholas T, Schachter, Laura A, Green, Christopher T, Ferin, Kelsie M, Booth, Eric G, Kucharik, Christopher J, Austin, Brian P, & Kauffman, Leon J. (2024). Design and calibration of a nitrate decision support tool for groundwater wells in Wisconsin, USA. Environmental Modelling & Software, 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.105999

Rissman, Adena, Booth, Eric, Olson, Madelyn, and Vir, Surya. (2024). Bridging a major disconnect: ideas for farm standards and systems to achieve phosphorus goals in Wisconsin lakes and streams. University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Zuidema, Shan, Wollheim, Wilfred M, Kucharik, Christopher J, & Lammers, Richard B. (2024). Existing wetland conservation programs miss nutrient reduction targets. PNAS Nexus, 3 (4). https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae129

2023

Kucharik, Christopher J, Booth, Eric G, Loheide, Steven P, Power, Rebecca, Rissman, Adena R, Seifert, Jenny, & Turner, Monica G. (2023). Building US food‐energy‐water security requires avoiding unintended consequences for ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21 (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2634

Campbell, Tracy A, Masarik, Kevin C, Heineman, Emily Marrs, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2023). Quantifying the spatiotemporal variability of nitrate in irrigation water across the Wisconsin Central Sands. Journal of Environmental Quality, 52 (6). https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20521

Ferin, Kelsie M., Balson, Tyler, Audia, Ellen, Ward, Adam S., Liess, Stefan, Twine, Tracy E., & VanLoocke, Andy. (2023). Field‐scale analysis of miscanthus production indicates climate change may increase the opportunity for water quality improvement in a key Iowa watershed. GCB Bioenergy, 15. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.13078

Fochesatto, Ana, Rissman, Adena, & Lu, Yu. 2023. “Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Perspectives on Labor and Social Policy.”

Liu, Jing, Bowling, Laura, Kucharik, Christopher, Jame, Sadia, Baldos, Uris, Jarvis, Larissa, Ramankutty, Navin, & Hertel, Thomas. (2023). Tackling policy leakage and targeting hotspots could be key to addressing the ‘Wicked’ challenge of nutrient pollution from corn production in the U.S. Environmental Research Letters, 18 (10). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf727

Rissman, Adena, Fochesatto, Ana, & Lu Yu, 2023. “Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Perspectives on Water Quality.”

Rissman, Adena R., Fochesatto, Ana, Lowe, Erin B., Lu, Yu, Hirsch, Regina M., & Jackson, Randall D. (2023). Grassland and managed grazing policy review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1010441

Shrestha, Debendra, Masarik, Kevin, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2023). Nitrate losses from Midwest US agroecosystems: Impacts of varied management and precipitation. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 78 (2). https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.00048

Wardropper, Chloe B., Genskow, Ken, Lavoie, Avery, Franklin, Derek, Usher, Emily, Wilke, Adam, Arbuckle, J., Jackson-Smith, Doug, Prokopy, Linda, & Rissman, Adena. (2023). Policy process and problem framing for state Nutrient Reduction Strategies in the US Upper Mississippi River Basin. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 78 (1). https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.00025

Zuidema, Shan, Liu, Jing, Chepeliev, Maksym G., Johnson, David R., Baldos, Uris Lantz, Frolking, Steve, Kucharik, Christopher J., Wollheim, Wilfred M., & Hertel, Thomas W. (2023). US climate policy yields water quality cobenefits in the Mississippi Basin and Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (43). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2302087120

2022

Campbell, Tracy A., Booth, Eric G., Gratton, Claudio, Jackson, Randall D., & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2022). Agricultural Landscape Transformation Needed to Meet Water Quality Goals in the Yahara River Watershed of Southern Wisconsin. Ecosystems, 25 (3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00668-y

Heineman, Emily Marrs, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2022). Characterizing Dominant Field-Scale Cropping Sequences for a Potato and Vegetable Growing Region in Central Wisconsin. Land, 11 (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020273

Jefferson, Anne J., Loheide, Steven P., & McCay, Deanna H. (2022). Faculty perspectives on a collaborative, multi-institutional online hydrology graduate student training program. Frontiers in Water, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.958094

Lark, Tyler J., Hendricks, Nathan P., Smith, Aaron, Pates, Nicholas, Spawn-Lee, Seth A., Bougie, Matthew, Booth, Eric G., Kucharik, Christopher J., & Gibbs, Holly K. (2022). Environmental outcomes of the US Renewable Fuel Standard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (9). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101084119

Sanford, Gregg R., Jackson, Randall D., Rui, Yichao, & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2022). Land use-land cover gradient demonstrates the importance of perennial grasslands with intact soils for building soil carbon in the fertile Mollisols of the North Central US. Geoderma, 418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115854

Wepking, Carl, Mackin, Hunter C., Raff, Zach, Shrestha, Debendra, Orfanou, Anna, Booth, Eric G., Kucharik, Christopher J., Gratton, Claudio, & Jackson, Randall D. (2022). Perennial grassland agriculture restores critical ecosystem functions in the U.S. Upper Midwest. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1010280

2021

Booth, Eric G., & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2022). Data inaccessibility at sub-county scale limits implementation of manuresheds. Journal of Environmental Quality, 51, 614–621. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20271

Church, Sarah P., Floress, Kristin M., Ulrich-Schad, Jessica D., Wardropper, Chloe B., Ranjan, Pranay, Eaton, Weston M., Gasteyer, Stephen, & Rissman, Adena. (2021). How water quality improvement efforts influence urban–agricultural relationships. Agriculture and Human Values, 38(2), 481–498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-020-10177-8

Huang, Jingyi, Hartemink, Alfred E., & Kucharik, Christopher J. (2021). Soil-dependent responses of US crop yields to climate variability and depth to groundwater. Agricultural Systems, 190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103085

Rissman, Adena R., & Wardropper, Chloe B. (2021). Adapting Conservation Policy and Administration to Nonstationary Conditions. Society & Natural Resources, 34 (4), 524–537. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1799127