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: 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 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 Webinar: Understanding Residual Herbicide and Cover Crop Connections
The August 9 presentation by Purdue University’s Bill Johnson will address the impact of cover crop use on residual herbicide persistence in the soil.
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Webinar: Iowa’s 300 Species of Bees and Their Contributions to Agriculture
Randall Paul Cass, bee extension specialist at Iowa State, will discuss the primary stressors honeybees face in the agricultural landscape and share practices which beekeepers, farmers, and landowners can do to help bees thrive and continue to contribute to the agricultural and natural ecosystems in Iowa.
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Webinar: Adapting Agricultural Management in a Changing Climate
In the webinar, “Agriculture and Climate Change in Iowa and the Midwest – Adaptation, Mitigation and Decision Making,” Todey will provide an overview of several major climate change issues impacting agriculture in the region.
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Webinar: Efficient Cropping Systems that Deliver Environmental Benefits and Profit
In the webinar, “Designing Cropping Systems for Efficiency, Environmental Performance and More Profit,” Wilke will discuss the success and challenges identified through the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) program implementation in southwest Michigan.
Continue readingJuly 12 Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Social and Natural Sciences Support Butterfly Conservation
In the webinar, “How the Social Sciences Can Help Conserve Butterflies (and More),” Dahlem will draw on a social scientific case study of the highly threatened island marble butterfly to provide a reflection of ways the social sciences might illuminate otherwise hidden, yet important, solutions to problems in butterfly conservation work.
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Cover Crop Field Day Near Coon Rapids
This field day aims to equip attendees with best management practices for establishing and managing cover crops. Cover crops offer many benefits to farmers and landowners, including reduced soil erosion, weed suppression potential, reduced nitrogen and phosphorus loads entering water bodies, and increased organic matter in the soil.
Continue readingIowa Learning Farms Webinar: A Long-term View of Cover Crop Benefits
In the webinar, “Can Cover Crops Still Provide Targeted Nutrient Loss Benefits in the Future?,” Bhattarai will provide an overview of impacts on water quality attributed to the extensive use of subsurface drainage in agricultural fields in the Midwestern U.S. which have contributed to local concerns as well as to the formation of the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
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