The Sep. 27 presentation by Dan Kirby from the Iowa DNR will cover practical steps and outcomes from active streambank stability practice implementations
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Webinar: Food-Energy-Water Nexus Modeling for Iowa
The Sep. 20 presentation by Iowa State University Ph. D. student Júlia Brittes Tuthill will showcase model development to help visualize relationships between agriculture and water quality.
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Webinar: Focus on Phosphorus Loss Mitigation and Cover Crops
Sep. 13 presentation by Nathan Nelson from Kansas State University will highlight ways in which management practices and conservation practices can protect surface water quality
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Webinar: Water Stress Impacts on Crops – Excess and Deficit
The Sep. 6 presentation by the University of Minnesota’s Jeff Strock will highlight research into water stress impacts on corn and soybean crops under average, wet and dry conditions.
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Webinar: Corn Stover Harvest Impacts
The Aug. 30 presentation by USDA ARS team will deliver insights gained from corn stover harvest research including soil health, bioenergy production and water quality impacts.
Continue readingDiversified Agricultural Systems Field Day
This field day aims to assist farmers and landowners interested in diversifying their operations through the addition of livestock, perennial crops or agroforestry.
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Webinar: The True Costs of CAFOs
The August 23 presentation by Alicia Vasto of the Iowa Environmental Council will overview CAFO history, rulemaking process, and economic and health impacts on Iowans
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Grazing Field Day Aug. 30 Near Eddyville
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, and Pathfinders RC&D, is hosting a grazing field day on Wednesday, August 30 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Calvin Van Genderen’s farm and reclaimed abandoned mine land near Eddyville.
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Webinar: Prairie Strips Deliver Water Infiltration Benefits
A August 16 presentation by Iowa State University’s Eric Henning will highlight research on water infiltration and impacts of different management practices.
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Field Day August 29 Near Clarinda
Iowa Learning Farms and Sand County Foundation will host a field day Thursday, August 29 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Garrison House in Clarinda with a sunset prairie walk with host and 2023 Leopold Conservation Award Recipient.
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