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2020 ILF Webinar Archives
| January 15: Kay Stefanik Update from the Iowa Nutrient Research Center |
May 27: Paul Miller The Importance of Urban Conservation and Useful Stormwater Management Practices for Homeowners |
| February 5: Mike Naig, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture A Water Quality Chat |
June 3: Michelle Soupir A Paired Watershed Study of the Impact of Stacked BMPs on Water Quality |
| March 18: Matt Russell Embracing the call to abundance, the value of environmental service on Iowa farms |
June 10: Justin Meissen Making Nutrient Reducing Prairie Strips More Predictably Successful, Multi-Functional, and Cost Effective |
| March 25: Mark Rasmussen Carbonate research and the potential for carbon storage in Iowa soils |
June 17: Mark Licht A Resource for Successful Adoption of Conservation Practices |
| April 1: Hilary Pierce The Effect of Stream Channel Incision on Groundwater Depth in Riparian Corridors |
June 24: William Crumpton Environmental Performance of Wetlands Receiving Non-Point Source Nutrient Loads: Benefits and Limitations of Targeted Wetland Restorations |
| April 8: Liz Ripley & Mark Licht Succeeding with Cover Crops & No-Till: A Guide for Spring 2020 |
July 1: Alison Robertson Optimizing Yields of Corn Planted After a Cereal Rye Cover Crop |
| April 15: Adam Janke Finding Mutual Opportunities for Soil, Water, and Wildlife by Redefining the Field Edge |
July 8: Cover Crop Bootcamp with Matt Carstens and Lee Briese The Business of Cover Crops |
| April 22: Billy Beck Trees, Forests, and Forestry: Benefits to Water Quality and On-Farm Income in Iowa |
July 15: Cover Crop Bootcamp with Bert Strayer, James Holz, Dean Sponheim, and Nate LeVan Setup and Logistics for Cover Crop Success Presenter Slides |
| April 29: Laurie Nowatzke Iowa's Water Quality Challenge: Efforts and Progress in Reducing Agricultural Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loss Links Mentioned During Presentation |
July 22: Cover Crop Bootcamp with Dave Schwartz, Eileen Kladivko, and Meaghan Anderson Conservation Agronomy of Cover Crops: Start to Finish Presenter Slides |
| May 6: Ross Evelsizer Multi-Cropping as a Profitable Soil Health Solution |
July 29: Tim Youngquist Multiple On-Farm Improvements Provided by Prairie Strips |
| May 13: Adam Janke Exploring the Economic, Ecological, and Aesthetic Case for Retiring (Or at Least Down-Sizing) the Mower on Farms and City Lots |
August 5: Karen Wilke Scaling up Oxbow Wetland Restorations for Multiple Benefits |
| May 20: Kay Stefanik Wetland Ecosystem Services: How Wetlands Can Benefit Iowans |
2019 ILF Webinar Archives
| January 16: Mike Naig A Conservation Chat with Mike Naig, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture |
July 17: Laurie Nowatzke The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy measurement project: Tracking progress towards Iowa’s water quality goals |
| February 20: Amy Kaleita Farmed Prairie Potholes – Consequences & Management Options |
August 21: Jacqueline Comito 15 Years of Iowa Learning Farms |
| March 20: Mark Rasmussen Are Cattle Really Wrecking the Planet? |
September 18: Emily Heaton |
| April 17: Jerry Hatfield Why Improving the Soil Will Pay Dividends |
October 16: Randall Cass, Extension Entomologist ISU Bee Research and Best Management Practices |
| May 15: Emily Waring Cover Crop Impact on Crop Yield and Water Quality: Single Species vs Mixtures |
November 18: Dr. Benjamin Turner November 20: Erika Lundy, Extension Beef Specialist, and Rebecca Vittetoe, Extension Field Agronomist |
| June 19: Chris Hay Drainage Water Recycling: An Emerging Conservation Drainage Practice |
December 18: Adam Janke Back to By-products: Promises and opportunities for layering benefits of water-resource conservation to restore farmland wildlife in the Corn Belt |
2018 ILF Webinar Archives
| January 17: Rob Davis Pasture Conservation: Grazing for Soil, Livestock and Wildlife |
July 18: Chuan Tang Economic Benefits of Nitrogen Reductions in Iowa |
| February 21: Alison Robertson Who Knew? Cover Crops, Corn, and Water Molds |
August 15: Marshall McDaniel Decomposition of Tea as a Low-Cost, Scientifically-Robust Soil Health Indicator Presentation Slides PDF |
| March 21: Agren, Inc. Non-Operator Landowners: A Crucial Piece to Natural Resources Conservation |
September 19: Kevin Kuhn Benefits of Conservation Planning to Farmers, Landowners and Society |
| April 18: Dan Jaynes Update on Saturated Buffers |
October 17: Steven Hall Wet spots as hot spots: Understanding and managing nitrogen losses from hydric soil landscapes |
| May 16: Charles Brown Cover Crops As Part of the Farm Lease Arrangement |
November 14: Matt Helmers Conservation Learning Labs: Evaluating Nutrient Reduction Practice Implementation at the Delivery Scale |
| June 20: Sara Berges Leaving a Conservation Legacy: How to Include Conservation in a Farm Lease and Document Your Conservation Goals |
December 12: Mark Licht #NoTillb4Beans and #CoverYourBeans: Highlighting field performance improvements and nutrient reduction strategy gains |
2017 ILF Webinar Archives
| September 20: Matt Helmers Edge-of-Field Practices: What is Needed and What Will It Take? |
November 15: Laura Christianson Denitrifying Woodchip Bioreactors: Past, Present and Future |
| October 18: Joe Sellers Management-Intensive Grazing and Grasslands |
December 13: Tom Kaspar Lessons Learned from Using Cover Crops to Reduce Losses of Nitrate for 15 Years |
2016 ILF Webinar Archives
| January 21: John Lawrence A Conversation with Iowa State University Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy |
July 20: Jacqueline Comito and Ann Staudt Building a Culture of Conservation |
| February 17: Kevin Meyer An Economists Approach to Managing Pollution |
August 17: Lisa Schulte-Moore Getting Into Soil and Water with PEWI |
| March 16: Liz Juchems The Economic Value of Cover Crops |
September 21: Mike Castellano How Can We Increase Nitrogen Retention and Soil Health? |
| April 20: Tanya Meyer-Dideriksen and Wren Almitra Women, Land, and Legacy Program |
October 19: Matt Helmers Drainage and Water Quality: Common Questions and Misconceptions |
| May 18: Steven Bradbury Monarch Conservation and Agricultural Productivity |
November 16: Ann Staudt Earthworms and Cover Crops: Unlocking the Secrets in Soil |
| June 15: Angie Carter Creating Community in Your Watershed |
2015 ILF Webinar Archives
| January 27: Bill Northey A Conversation with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture |
July 22: Mahdi Al-Kaisi Healthy Soil for a Sustainable Agriculture System |
| February 18: Joe Sellers Cover Crops and Grazing |
August 19: Tom Kaspar Reaching the full potential of cover crops in Iowa |
| March 18: Dan Andersen Manure: An old fertilizer in a precision age |
September16: Richard Cooke and Chad Ingels Bioreactors |
| April 15: Tim Youngquist Spreading prairie strips to Iowa farms (We are sorry that the visuals on this webinar are of low quality.) |
October 21: Rosalyn Lehman and Nate Hoogeveen Restoring Iowa's Rivers |
| May 20: Rebecca Ohrtman and Jamie Benning Source Water Protection Program |
November 18: Brian Gelder Daily Erosion Project Version 2 |
| June 17: Sarah Carlson Cover crops for Iowa from farmers |
December 16: Jacklyn Gautsch Iowa DNR's Wetland Monitoring Program |
2014 ILF Webinar Archives
| January 15: Jacqueline Comito "A Culture of Conservation" 10 Years of Iowa Learning Farms |
July 16: Jesse Randall Riparian Buffers and Windbreaks |
| February 19: Mark Tomer A Framework to Facilitate Conservation Planning in Watersheds using Precision GIS Technologies |
August 20: Ajay Nair Cover Crops and Vegetable Production |
| March 19: Clare Lindahl Promoting Conservation |
September 17: Tom Isenhart Streambank Erosion |
| April 16: Rick Cruse Soil Erosion in Iowa - How Much is Really Happening? |
October 15: Bob Hartzler Weed Management With Cover Crops |
| May 21: Chris Anderson Change in Rainfall Volatility |
November 19: Mary Harris Pollinators and STRIPs |
| June 18: Dan Jaynes Saturated Buffers for Nitrate Removal |
December 17: Ingrid Anderson University of Iowa's Biomass Fuel Project |
2013 ILF Webinar Archives
| January: Jacqueline Comito and Jon Wolseth The State's Role in Water Quality: Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners and the Agricultural Status Quo |
July: Michael Castellano Soil Organic Matter Balances in Iowa Cropping Systems |
| February: Mark Rasmussen Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture |
August: Jim Gillespie and Shawn Richmond Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy |
| March: Dan Barker New Technologies for In-Season Nitrogen Management |
September 18: Jaqueline Comito & Ann Staudt Water Rocks! |
| April: Andy Larson Grantsmanship in Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) |
September 23: Vince Sitzmann and Clare Lindahl Soil and Water Conservation District policy and banking changes |
| May: Tony Toigo and Patti Cale-Finnegan Water Resource Restoration Sponsored Projects |
November 20: Jerry Hatfield Soil Conservation: The Foundation for Efficient Agriculture |
| June: Lois Wright Morton Linking and Integrating Water Quality Planning for Action |
December 18: Bill Crumpton Wetlands as Nutrient Sinks in Agricultural Landscapes |
2012 ILF Webinar Archives
| January: Jacqueline Comito Steward and Businessman: Farmer Identity in Age of Environmental Uncertainty (please excuse the sound quality at the beginning of the session) |
July: Nathan Anderson Visioning Long-Term Sustainability: A Farmer's Perspective |
| February: Chad Hart Sustainable Production and Distribution of Bioenergy for the Central USA |
August: Bill Northey Interview with Iowa Agriculture Secretary at Iowa State Fair |
| March: David Laird Biochar's Contribution to Sustainable Bioenergy Production |
September: Matt Liebman Keys to Agricultural Sustainability and Resilience: A Scientist's Perspective |
| April: Leigh Adcock Women Caring for the Land |
October: J. Arbuckle Farmer Perspectives on Climate Change and Agriculture |
| May: Matt Helmers STRIPs at Neal Smith |
November: Amy Kaleita Advances in Precision Agriculture |
| June: Ken Moore Sustainable Cropping Systems for Harvesting Corn Stover for Biomass |
December: Keegan Kult Iowa Soybean Association Bioreactor Results |
2011 ILF Webinar Archives
| January: Jacqueline Comito A Culture of Conservation |
July: Emily Heaton Giant Miscanthus and Other Perennial Energy Crops |
| February: Christopher Anderson Will the rain ever stop? |
August: Rick Cruse Losing Ground |
| March: Jeremy Singer Managing Cover Crops |
September: Ed Cox Sustainable Farm Leases |
| April: Matt Helmers Nitrogen Management and Water Quality |
October: Mark Hanna Farm Energy Efficiency |
| May: Laura Christianson Bioreactors: Benefits and Challenges |
November: Wayne Petersen Urban Conservation |
| June: Michelle Soupir Fate and Transport of Pathogens From Agricultural Landscapes |
December: Ryan Harr Patch-burn Grazing |