April 9, 2025: Assessing the Flood Reduction Benefits of Relay Intercropping Practices in Iowa

With Ross Evelsizer

Conservation, Webinars, Conservation CropsAlena WhitakerApril 9, 2025flood reduction, flooding, relay cropping, cereal rye

March 12, 2025: N-FACT: A New Decision Support System for N Fertilizer Management from the Iowa Nitrogen Initiative

With Mike Castellano

Conservation, Webinars, Conservation CropsAlena WhitakerMarch 12, 2025nitrogen, nitrogen rate, fertilizer, fertilizer rate, N-FACT, MRTN

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

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

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