Cover Crops

December 4, 2024: Cropping Systems that Reduce Tile Nitrate Loss

With Lowell Gentry

Conservation, Webinars, Cover CropsAlena WhitakerDecember 4, 2024cover crops, tile drainage, nitrate, diversified crop rotation, extended rotations

October 9, 2024: Waterhemp Is Killing Us, but Can Cover Crops Save Us?

With Meaghan Anderson

Conservation, Webinars, Cover CropsAlena WhitakerOctober 9, 2024cover crops, cereal rye, waterhemp, weeds, herbicide

June 19, 2024: How Can Cereal Rye Affect Nitrogen Cycling and Crop Production?

With Richard Roth

Conservation, Webinars, Cover CropsAlena WhitakerJune 19, 2024cover crops, kentucky bluegrass, nitrogen cycling, cereal rye

June 12, 2024: DNR Cover Crop Seed Production Project

With Adam Schnieders and Justin Clark

Conservation, Webinars, Cover CropsLiz RipleyJune 12, 2024cover crops, wildlife

June 5, 2024: Assessing the Impact of Perennial Groundcover and Interseeded Annual Cover Crops on Corn Yield and Drainage Water Quality

With Gabrielle Myers

Conservation, Webinars, Cover CropsAlena WhitakerJune 5, 2024perennial cover, cover crops, kentucky bluegrass

Field Day Archive: A New Direction in Cover Crops: Developing Perennial Ground Cover for Corn Systems in the Midwest

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Cover CropsAlena WhitakerMarch 22, 2024RegenPGC, perennial cover, cover crops

March 20, 2024: Grazing Cattle on Covers

With Patrick Wall

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

March 13, 2024: Winter Cover Crop Effects on the Optimum N Rate of Corn Across Multi-state Field Experiments

With Hanna Poffenbarger

Conservation, Webinars, Water Conservation, Cover CropsAlena WhitakerMarch 14, 2024cover crops, N rate, nitrogen, winter cover crop

December 13, 2023: Planning and Planting Prairie: Research and On-farm Experience

With Laura Jackson

Webinars, Conservation, Conservation Crops, Cover Crops, Soil ConservationAlena WhitakerDecember 13, 2023prairie, prairie strips, diversity

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

With Rashelle Matthiesen

Webinars, Conservation, Conservation Crops, Cover Crops, Soil ConservationAlena WhitakerDecember 7, 2023cover crops, seedling disease, cereal rye

September 13, 2023: Cover Crop Impacts on Surface Runoff, Sediment and Phosphorus Losses

With Nathan Nelson

Webinars, Conservation, Conservation Crops, Water Conservation, Cover CropsLiz RipleySeptember 13, 2023water, cover crops, erosion, phosphorus, water quality

August 9, 2023: How do Cover Crops Impact Residual Herbicides in Corn and Soybean?

With Bill Johnson

Webinars, Conservation, Conservation Crops, Cover CropsLiz RipleyAugust 9, 2023conservation, cover crop, cover crops, herbicide, weeds

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

With Dennis Todey

Webinars, Conservation, Conservation Crops, Cover Crops, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyJuly 26, 2023conservation, climate, climate change

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

With Book Wilke

Webinars, Conservation, Conservation Crops, Cover Crops, Soil ConservationLiz RipleyJuly 20, 2023conservation, cover crops, extended rotations, soil, grazing

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.

Cover Crops, Soil Conservation, ConservationLiz RipleyJanuary 3, 2023soil conservation, long term rye, winter cereal rye

Talking With Your Tenant Series

Discussing a new conservation practice with your tenant can be challenging. To help begin the conversation, we created a new publication series with talking points and relevant research findings about specific conservation practices.

Conservation, Edge of Field, Cover CropsLiz RipleyJuly 6, 2022emerging-farmers-project, tenant, talking with your tenant

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