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Delaware County's Kevin Glanz finds conservation can reduce costs and build soil health.

As a longtime observer of agriculture in Iowa, I’ve never seen anything quite like the way farmers and others in the state have embraced the challenge of improving water quality and reducing soil loss.

INREC, a private-public partnership that uses ag retail data to measure conservation practices, finds tremendous progress on phosphorus goals.

LiDar system documents conservation structures using airplanes and lasers.

Building a bioreactor on his Poweshiek County farm is latest example of Roger Van Ersvelde’s commitment to conservation and water quality.

Farmers in the Silver Creek watershed in northeast Iowa are stepping up to improve water quality.

Matt Schelling of Sioux County saw conservation practices, such as cover crops, pay off in a difficult year.

Roger Edwards of Columbus Junction has continually made improvements to protect water quality and improve soil health.

Farmers like Brian Hoffman are making a positive difference in the Elk Run Creek watershed.

Shane Wulf, the state’s new edge-of-field project coordinator, is helping farmers find ways to install structures to improve water quality.

There are 12 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS) annual progress report released last week identified $512 million in private and public sector funding for NRS efforts during 2018

There are 11 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 2 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Nominations are open for the 2019 Iowa Conservation Farmer of the Year award. Iowans are encouraged to nominate a deserving farmer by June 1.

There are 2 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Iowa Conservation Farmer of the Year award, which has been co-sponsored by the Iowa Department of Ag and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) since 1952.

There are 3 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

As a Nuffield Scholar, Iowa’s Rose Danaher plans to learn about water quality efforts around the world.

There are 6 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

By planting cover crops, farmers are able to reduce soil loss, improve weed control and build soil health.

There are 8 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

In the past 24 hours, it seems like every outside-the-home activity in Iowa has been cancelled – classes, businesses, and even the U.S. Mail. Everything – except for a cover crop workshop in Ankeny last night and the round-the-clock livestock care I’m seeing all over social media.

Practical Farmers of Iowa and Unilever will launch a new cost-share option for farmers brand-new to cover crops

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) is proud to sponsor a Cover Crop Workshop in Ankeny, where farmers can learn how cover crops can improve their yields and soil structure, while also being an important part of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy.

There are 8 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 9 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Practical Farmers of Iowa and Iowa Cattlemen's Association are conducting a survey to gauge farm operation needs.

Join Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Julie Kenney and a farmer panel for a discussion cover crops and how to make them work in your operation.

There are 10 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 8 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 7 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 2 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 7 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Farmers like the Iowa program that offers a crop insurance premium discount for those planting cover crops.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) last week launched a partnership that aims to address how to improve environmental outcomes while optimizing productivity and profitability.

There are 6 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 9 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

The first investments from Iowa's dedicated funding will support edge-of-field practices.

There are 7 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

The Iowa Monarch Conservation Strategy now includes best management practices to guide Iowans in helping to increase monarch butterfly habitat.

There are 6 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Due to wet conditions across Iowa, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Con­­servation Service (NRCS) has extended the deadline to access cost share for planting winter hardy cover crops.

There are 4 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 3 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 5 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is encouraging farmers to take advantage of a program that provides a $5 per acre reduction on crop insurance premiums for planting cover crops.

Iowa farmers will invest more than $9 million of their own money in conjunction with water quality cost-share programs.

There are 8 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 16 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 18 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Iowa farmers have been taking on the challenge of reducing soil loss and improving water for decades.

Farms from all over Iowa are recognized as local leaders in environmental stewardship.

The decline shows the impact of weather on year-to-year readings.

There are 19 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Taking on the challenge of improving Iowa’s water quality and going the extra mile to protect soil and water has long been a priority for Chad Ide, who farms in the rolling hills of southwest Iowa with his father.

There are 22 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Chad Ide, 2018 Iowa Conservation Farmer of the year, sees both the environmental and economic advantages of caring for the soil and water.

New inventory, the nation's first, shows scale of conservation work done by Iowa farmers to protect Iowa water quality.

Brian Dougherty hopes to use knowledge to help Iowa farmers take on challenge of improving water quality.

There are 19 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 21 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

We’re seeing lots of evidence that Iowa farmers are taking on the challenge of improving the state’s water quality and reducing soil loss.

There are 20 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

There are 20 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Farmers use conservation practices to not only protect the land, but their families too.

There are 17 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Farm Bureau has been an environmental leader in Iowa throughout its 100-year history.

Iowa’s farmers are leaders in crop production and land stewardship. They also have an opportunity to be leaders in monarch conservation.

There are 22 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

It seems that some reporters have adopted a "no good news makes the news" approach, especially when it comes to conservation progress in Iowa. Laurie Johns says Iowans deserve to hear about that progress.

Program helps farmers develop plans to add conservation on less productive land.

There are 20 upcoming conservation field days under our Field Days & Events tab.

Iowa’s groundbreaking effort to help farmers take on the challenge of improving water quality has always been about more than what’s happening on the ground.

Iowa officials mark five years of the state's water quality initiative and vow to build on its success.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Program last week announced a $1 million grant to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to support the water quality efforts

Farm Bureau places signs on bike trail to highlight farmers' conservation practices.

Bicycling in Iowa is all about enjoying the great outdoors. It's also a great way to learn about the ways Iowa's farmers are keeping the outdoors great.

The 2018 sign-up period is open statewide for cost share funds to help farmers install nutrient reduction practices.

There’s so many factors that can affect success, that no single approach works for all.

Three locally-led demonstration projects are set to expand their work to improve water quality.

The event will take place on Mon., April 29.

During Arbor Day, both urban and rural-living Iowans should take time to appreciate the contributions and many purposes of trees in rural Iowa.

Farmers share knowledge at they boost efforts to improve water quality.

Randy and Carol Miller say they are so pleased with the early results of their bioreactor that they plan to install at least one more.

A collaborative effort called the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium is working to increase the habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators in the state.

Cover crops protect Jeremy Buck’s fields, while providing valuable livestock forage.

With long-term dedicated funding, the state will shift more focus to edge-of-field practices, says Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig.

Brandon Reis of Howard County in northeast Iowa finds that cover crops are helping improve soil health.

Nominations are open for the 2018 Iowa Conservation Farmer of the Year.

The Ledgers of Jefferson County have made conservation and water quality a priority since they started farming in the early 1970s.

A project to monitor the effectiveness of saturated buffers has produced encouraging results.

Tom Oswald of Cherokee County rethinks many common agricultural practices in his quest to conserve soil.

The western Iowa community teams up to improve the quality of water flowing from a city parking lot.

Farmers are showing strong interest in an innovative Iowa plan that offers discount on crop insurance premiums for cover crop acreage.

Projects funded by the Iowa Nutrient Research Center are investigating how farmers can reduce nutrient losses and improve water quality.

Gary Boswell works to care for the land in the hilly terrain of Adams County in southwest Iowa.

The Glicks, Cedar County Farm Bureau members, have been recognized with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor award.

Survey shows a nearly 22 percent gain in cover crop acreage in 2017, continuing the upward trend.

To reach the goals of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy and its Water Quality Initiative, Iowa farmers need to consider all their options, including infield nutrient management, traditional infield soil and water practices and structures, and the newer edge of field practices and structures.

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