All Resources — Iowa Learning Farms

May 22, 2024: Solid-State Anaerobic Digestion of Prairie Biomass and Beef Manure

With Abigail Schulte

April 3, 2024: Pasture Management Following a Drought

With Denise Schwab

Conservation, Webinars, LivestockAlena WhitakerApril 4, 2024pasture, livestock, drought

March 20, 2024: Grazing Cattle on Covers

With Patrick Wall

Conservation, Webinars, Cover Crops, LivestockAlena WhitakerMarch 20, 2024cover crops, winter cover crop, livestock

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

November 29, 2023: ManureDB: The creation and launch of the largest manure nutrient database in the US

With Nancy Bohl Bormann

Webinars, Conservation, Conservation Crops, LivestockLiz RipleyNovember 29, 2023manure, nutrient management, database

October 11, 2023: Does Climate Change Change Our Water Quality Challenges and Design of Drainage Systems?

With Matt Helmers

October 5, 2023: When Wells Run Short - Options for Livestock Farmers When Water Becomes an Issue

With Daniel Andersen

Webinars, Conservation, Water Conservation, LivestockLiz RipleyOctober 5, 2023water, livestock, water stress, water supply

Field Day Toolkit

This Field Day Toolkit is the product of Iowa Learning Farms’ many years of planning and hosting field day events across the state of Iowa. While ILF utilizes many different outreach approaches, the importance of farmer-to-farmer interactions cannot be overstated. Field days do matter.

Conservation, Cover Crops, Edge of Field, LivestockLiz RipleyJuly 6, 2022

Conservation Chat 51: Wade Dooley and Nathan Anderson

Both Wade Dooley and Nathan Anderson are a young farmers working to increase the resiliency of their farms using a combination of conservation practices, like cover crops, and livestock.

Herbicide and Cover Crops Extension Publication

In addition to conservation purposes, cover crops can provide forage for livestock producers. It is important for livestock producers to consider restrictions on labels of herbicides used earlier in the growing season if they intend to use the cover crop as a forage source.

Cover Crops, LivestockLiz RipleyJune 30, 2022herbicide, livestock

Spring Grazing Cover Crops and Avoiding Soil Compaction

For many livestock producers, cover crops and winter grazing go hand-in-hand; however, perhaps the most valuable time for grazing cover crops is in the spring.

Cover Crops, LivestockLiz RipleyJune 30, 2022livestock, spring cover crops

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