December 18, 2024: On-Farm Soil Assessments Results: Lessons Learned

With DeAnn Presley

Conservation, Webinars, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyDecember 18, 2024tillage, soil health

December 11, 2024: Tillage Management for Soil Conservation in Row Crop Systems

With Francisco Arriaga

Conservation, Webinars, Soil ConservationAlena WhitakerDecember 12, 2024tillage, row crop, soil health, soil conservation

Field Day Archive: Pasturing Oxbows: Optimizing Benefits to the Farm, Water and Wildlife

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Water Conservation, Soil Conservation, Edge of Field, LivestockAlena WhitakerJanuary 18, 2024livestock, grazing, wetlands, oxbow, native grasses, perennial, water quality

Field Day Archive: A Vision for Iowa: Growing Food for People through Diversified Agriculture Systems

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Water Conservation, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyDecember 15, 2023trees, diversity, diversified agricultural system, Kernza, livestock, silvopasture, grazing, perennial

Field Day Archive: Beavers: Superheroes for Water Quality?

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Water Conservation, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyFebruary 9, 2023water quality, nitrogen, beavers, beaver dams, sediment, riparian

Field Day Archive: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Stacked Practices – Can Modified Blind Inlets at Terrace Sites Reduce N and P Loads?

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Water Conservation, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyJanuary 19, 2023water quality, nitrogen, drainage, tile drainage, modified blind inlet

Long Term Winter Cereal Rye Demonstration

A study looking at the impact of winter cereal rye on crop yield and soil 12 Iowa farms from 2008-2019.

Field Day Archive: From Nuisance to Asset – Establishing Saturated Riparian Forest Buffers on the Landscape

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Water Conservation, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyDecember 15, 2022water quality, nitrogen, drainage, tile drainage, saturated buffers, riparian forest saturated buffers, trees

Field Day Archive: Utilizing Drainage Water Recycling To Improve Water Quality and Manage Weather Risk

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Water Conservation, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyDecember 8, 2022water quality, nitrogen, drainage, tile drainage, irrigation, drainage water recycling

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.

Field Day Archive: Exploring a Pumped Bioreactor System for Improved Water Quality

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Water Conservation, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyOctober 20, 2022water quality, nitrogen, bioreactors

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.

Whole Farm Conservation Best Practices Manual

This publication provides best management recommendations for farmers and landowners getting started with conservation and water quality practices by helping select and incorporate in-field and edge-of-field conservation practices most appropriate to the decision maker's land and preferences.

Conservation, Edge of Field, Water Conservation, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyJuly 6, 2022

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

Video Series: Strip Tillage

Check out the ILF video "Strip-Tillage Crop Management" in six chapters.

Conservation, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyJuly 1, 2022

Video Series: Converting Your Planter for No-Till Operation

Check out the ILF video series "Converting Your Planter for No-Till Operation".
(Note: click the three lines in the top right corner of the video for the entire playlist.)

Soil Conservation, ConservationLiz RipleyJuly 1, 2022

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