Below is a listing of upcoming conservation field days around the state. For a complete listing of future conservation field days, click here.


Upcoming Field Days


Establishing and Managing Prairie Field Day

Tuesday, September 10 | 10:30am-12:30pm

Stuart, Iowa

Located at Carl Varley Farm.

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Advanced Cover Crop and Nutrition Management

Tuesday, September 10 | 5pm-7pm

Washington, Iowa

Hosted by Michael Vittetoe. Come see and discuss a field of soybeans in roller-crimped, twin-row rye. dawn in-row roller-crimper and Crustbuster drill, nutrition management practices including liquid fertilizer mixes, humics and foliars, and relay-cropping rye and soybeans.

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Winter Cereal Rye Field Day

Wednesday, September 11 | 5pm-7pm

Chariton, Iowa

Come see and discuss managing cereal rye for forage and feedstock, harvested winter biomass crops for renewable fuel generation through anaerobic digestion, management practices for establishing and managing cereal rye to meet producer goals,

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Cover Crops, CRP and Soil Health Field Day

Thursday, September 12 | 10:30am-12:30pm

Lacona, Iowa

Located at Justin and Beth Jordan Farm.

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Making a Livelihood with Livestock: A Whole-Farm Approach with Forage Crops and Cover Crops

Thursday, September 12 | 4pm-6pm

Bouton, Iowa

Hosted by Dan & Ila Taylor and Noah, Sarah and Todd Taylor. Come see and discuss growing and chopping oatlage and millet following oats, cover crop management and seeding methods, integrating livestock with row crops and cover crop grazing, and building and maintaining fencing.

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