Jeff Strock

Jeff Strock
Professor, Department of Soil, Water and Climate
[email protected]
507-752-7372; ext 2010

23669 130th St
Lamberton, MN 56152
United States

Soil and Agricultural Water Management
Education

Ph.D. Soil Physics, North Carolina State University, 1999

M.S. Soil Physics, Oregon State University, 1995

B.S. Soil Science and Watershed Management, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 1993

Areas of Interest

  • Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality
  • Soil Physics
  • Biogeochemistry
     

Biography

Strock’s research focuses on agricultural drainage and water and nutrient management in agricultural systems, addressing production needs along with quantifying and mitigating negative off-site environmental impacts. Seasonal excess water can contribute to crop damage and may also be lost from farm fields due to drainage reducing the potential for being beneficially used by the crop and contributing to downstream damage from peak flows and water quality degradation from increased nutrient transport.  Periods of water deficit cause crop yield loss and can leave pools of unused nutrients available for crop uptake or subsequent leaching. Research includes testing and improving drainage water management practices (i.e. cover cropping, bioreactors, constructed wetlands, and ditch management) to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus mobility and developing new, innovative agronomic management practices to improve crop yield and water and nutrient use efficiency.

Research

My research activities are grouped into two complementary areas: those related to drainage water management practices and those related to nutrient management practices. I direct a field-based research program aimed at developing integrated water and nutrient management solutions for crop and livestock producers that reduces off-site nutrient mobility and improves water and nutrient use efficiency and crop yield. Effective management practice solutions are essential elements of resilient agricultural systems. Research project themes include: 

  1. agricultural drainage water management and conservation;
  2. cropping system impacts and interactions among soil properties, the water balance, and nitrogen and carbon cycling (crop rotation, tillage, cover cropping)
  3. nutrient management (N, P, S).
     

Select Publications

Peterson, H., M. Williams, J. Frankenberger, K. King, J. McGrath, L. Moody, M. Ribaudo, and J. Strock. 2019. Reducing the impacts of agricultural nutrients on water quality across landscapes. CAST. 64:1-20.

Weyers, S., M. Thom, F. Forcella, C. Eberle, H. Matthees, R. Gesch, M. Ott, G. Feyereisen, G., J.S. Strock and D.L.Wyse. 2019. Reduced potential for nitrogen loss in cover crop-soybean systems in a cold climate. J. Environ. Quality. 48(3):660-669.

Strock, J.S., C. Hay, M.J. Helmers, K.A. Nelson, G.R. Sands, R.W. Skaggs and K.R. Douglas-Mankin. 2018. Advances in Drainage: Select works from the 10th International Drainage Symposium. Trans. ASABE. 61(1): 161-168. doi:10.13031/trans.12668

Garcia y Garcia, A. and J. Strock. 2018. Soil Water Availability and water use of crops from contrasting cropping systems. Trans. ASABE. 61(1): 75-86. doi:10.13031/trans.12118

Rosier, M. B., G.W. Feyereisen, , K.A. Spokas, D.J. Mulla, J.S. Strock, and J. Gutknecht. 2018. Carbon dosing increases nitrate removal rates in denitrifying bioreactors at low-temperature high-flow conditions. J. Environ. Qual. 47(4): 856-864. doi: 10.2134/jeq2018.02.0082

Daigh, A.L.M., R. Cruse, W. Dick, M. Helmers, R. Lal, J. Lauer, A. Mukherjee, E. Nafziger, C. Pederson, J. Strock, M.B. Villamil. 2017. Yields and yield stability of no-till and chisel-plow fields in the Midwestern US Corn Belt. Field Crops Res. 218: 243-253.

Osterholz, W.R., A. Shaviv, O. Rinot, R.Linker, M. Liebman, G. Sanford, J. Strock and M.J. Castellano. 2017. Predicting gross nitrogen mineralization and potentially mineralizable nitrogen using soil organic matter properties. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 81(5): 1115-1126.

Johnson, J.M.F., J.S. Strock, J.E. Tallaksen and M. Reese. 2016. Corn stover harvest changes soil hydrology and measures of soil aggregation. Soil Tillage Res. 161:106-115. DOI:10.1016/j.still.2016.04.004.

 Messing, I., I. Wesstrom, A. Joel, and J. Strock. 2015. Influence of higher rain intensities on phosphorous movements in the upper 50 cm of macroporous heavy clay. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science. DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2014.996588.

Kroger. R., E.J. Dunne, J. Novak, K.W. King, E. McLellan, D.R. Smith, J. Strock, K. Boomer, M Tomer, and G.B. Noe. 2013. Downstream approaches to phosphorus management in agricultural landscapes: Regional applicability and use. Sci. Total Environ. 442:263-274.

R.T. Venterea, A.D. Halvorson, N. Kitchen, M. Liebig, M. Cavigelli, S. Del Grosso, P.P. Motavalli, K.A. Nelson, K.A. Spokas, B.P. Singh, C.E. Stewart, A. Ranaivoson, J. Strock, and H. Collins. 2012. Technical challenges and opportunities for mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from fertilized cropping systems. Frontiers Ecol. Environ. 10:562-570.

Joel, A., I. Wesström, J.S. Strock, I. Messing, 2012. Method for in situ measurements of water, sediment and phosphorus transport in the upper soil profile. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica 62:252-259.

Strock, J.S., P.J.A. Kleinman, K.W. King, and J.A. Delgado. 2010. Drainage water management for water quality protection. J. Soil Water. Conserv. 65:131A-136A.

Luo, W. G.R. Sands, M. Youssef, J.S. Strock, I. Song, and D. Canelon. 2010. Modeling the impact of alternative drainage practices in the northern corn belt with Drainmod-NII. Ag. Water Mgmt. 97:389-398.

Oquist, KA., J.S. Strock, and D.J. Mulla. 2007. Influence of alternative and conventional farming practices on subsurface drainage and water quality. J. Environ. Qual. 36:1194-1204.

Feyereisen, G.W., G.R. Sands, J.S. Strock, B.N. Wilson, P.M. Porter. 2007. Hydrology and nitrogen components of a simple rye growth model. J. Irrg. Drainage Eng. 133:90-99.

Oquist, KA., J.S. Strock, and D.J. Mulla. 2006. Influence of alternative and conventional management practices on soil physical properties. Vadose Zone J. 5: 356-364.

Thoma, D.P., S.C. Gupta, J.S. Strock, and J.F. Moncrief. 2005. Tillage and nutrient source impacts on water quality from a flat landscape. J. Environ. Qual. 34:1102-1111.

Strock, J.S., P.M. Porter, and M.P. Russelle. 2004. Cover cropping to reduce nitrate loss through subsurface drainage in the northern Corn Belt. J. Environ. Qual. 33:1010-1016.

 

Honors and Awards

  • Fellow, Soil and Water Conservation Society – 2017
  • Friend of Agriculture Award, Minnesota Corn Growers Association –2017