Modern corn culture came to Iowa with the settlers that moved across the United States. Farmers, hopscotching westward to Indiana,...
Soil and water conservation has long been recognized as a critical need for Iowa, the country, and the world. Two...
The crops of Iowa yielded 100’s of trillion of calories in 2012. Those calories are feeding 100’s of millions of...
Soil is defined as media that supports plant growth and plant development. A soil consists of solids and spaces between...
We ask Marshall McDaniel, Assistant Professor in Agronomy at Iowa State University, the question: What does healthy soil look like?
Written by Hanna Bates, Program Coordinator for the Iowa Water Center Regardless of who you are and what path you...
Written by Hanna Bates, Program Coordinator for the Iowa Water Center Across the Midwest, farm fields are patterned with commodity...
Post submitted by Josh Balk, Dry Run Creek Watershed Improvement Project Coordinator, and Shane Wulf, Miller Creek Water Quality Improvement Project Coordinator. In...
Written by Laurie Nowatzke, Measurement Coordinator for the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at Iowa...
Student project from the Bluestem Institute (left). Image of the Southfork Watershed Alliance sign (right). Story submitted by Melissa Miller,...