January 15, 2025: 2024 Relay Cropping Management & Results

With Alex Schaffer

Conservation, Webinars, Conservation CropsAlena WhitakerJanuary 15, 2025relay intercropping, relay cropping, soybeans, cereal rye, wheat

November 13, 2024: Can Diversified Cropping Systems Help Increase Soil Carbon Storage?

With Wenjuan Huang

Conservation, Webinars, Conservation CropsAnn StaudtNovember 13, 2024soil, carbon, soil carbon, nitrogen, diversified agricultural system

November 6, 2024: Are We Losing A Lot of Nitrogen During Denitrification Hot Moments in Agricultural Soils?

With Francois Birgand

Conservation, Webinars, Water Conservation, Conservation CropsLiz RipleyNovember 6, 2024nitrate reduction, soil, nitrate loss, woodchip bioreactor

October 2, 2024: Using Advanced Biomass Crops as Regenerative Ag Tools to Diversify the Corn Belt

With Emily Heaton

Conservation, Webinars, Conservation CropsAlena WhitakerOctober 2, 2024agriculture, conservation planning, biomass, feedstock, miscanthus, sorghum

Field Day Archive: Relay Intercropping: Exploring Sustainable Intensification on Iowa's Landscape through Relay Intercropping

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Conservation CropsAlena WhitakerMarch 7, 2024relay intercropping, cereal rye

Anaerobic Digesters for Renewable Natural Gas

Anaerobic Digesters for Renewable Natural Gas

One way farmers can participate in the shift towards more renewable energy is by building an anaerobic digester on their farm or supplying feedstock for a nearby digester.

Soil Conservation, Conservation Crops, Water ConservationLiz RipleyNovember 28, 2022redefining the field edge, prairie, profitability

Redefining the Field Edge: Improving Farm Profitability with Strategically Placed Prairie

What is redefining the field edge?
A land-use-change concept that alters a field’s cropping boundaries, converting some parts of the field to perennial prairie vegetation.

Soil Conservation, Conservation Crops, Water ConservationLiz RipleyAugust 22, 2022redefining the field edge, prairie, profitability

Conservation Chat 52: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig

The newest episode offers a shorter version that highlights discussion topics like the challenge of scaling up to meet the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Goals and the need for federal, state and private partnerships to reach the goals.

Conservation Chat, Conservation CropsLiz RipleyJuly 6, 2022water quality, Iowa, Secretary of Agriculture

Video: The Work of Our Hands

View the Iowa Learning Farms video The Work of Our Hands (9:45) which discusses the relationship of societies and agriculture, historically and today.

Conservation, Conservation Crops, Soil Conservation, Water ConservationLiz RipleyJuly 1, 2022