All Resources — Iowa Learning Farms

December 6, 2023: What Lies Beneath: The Impact of a Cereal Rye Cover Crop on Corn Seedling Disease Severity

With Rashelle Matthiesen

November 22, 2023: Impact of 100 Years of Agricultural Practice Changes on Sediment and Nutrient Loss from One Farm in Osceola County, IA

With Matt Helmers

November 15, 2023: Perennial and Winter Annual Crops for Economic and Environmental Benefit

With Matt Leavitt

August 30, 2023: Corn Stover Harvest Impacts in Central Iowa

With Rob Malone, Claire Phillips, Peter O’Brien, Doug Karlen

July 26, 2023: Agriculture and Climate Change in Iowa and the Midwest – Adaptation, Mitigation and Decision Making

With Dennis Todey

July 19, 2023: Designing Cropping Systems for Efficiency, Environmental Performance and More Profit

With Book Wilke

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

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Conservation

Cover Crops

Edge of Field

Relay Intercropping

Field Day Toolkit

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