September 17, 2025: Managing Cover Crops to Achieve High Biomass and Improve Soil Health Indicators

With Sabrina Ruis

Webinars, Conservation, Cover CropsAlena WhitakerSeptember 17, 2025cover crops, biomass, soil heatlh, microbes, aggregation

September 10, 2025: Using the Fields of Opportunities to Clean Up Forever Chemicals

With David Ramotowski

Webinars, Conservation, Water ConservationAlena WhitakerSeptember 11, 2025PCBs, forever chemicals, water quality, biochar

September 3, 2025: Dissolved Nitrous Oxide in Subsurface Drainage: Impacts of Nitrogen Management and Cover Crops in Illinois Corn Systems

With Luciano Alves de Oliveira

August 27, 2025: Estate and Succession Planning for the Farm

With Mason Burkhart

Webinars, ConservationAlena WhitakerAugust 27, 2025farm succession, estate planning, trust, llc

August 20, 2025: Optimizing Precision Conservation with On-Farm Precision Experiment Data: The Role of Crop Insurance and Spatially Variable Profit

With Karina Schoengold

Webinars, ConservationLiz RipleyAugust 21, 2025crop insurance, profitability, conservation practices

August 13, 2025: Climate Tools for Ag Decision-Making

With Madelynn Wuestenberg

Webinars, ConservationAlena WhitakerAugust 14, 2025climate, forecasting, weather

July 30, 2025: More Than a Practice: Sense of Place and Stewardship Among Prairie Strip Adopters

With Derek Franklin

July 23, 2025: Investigating Disproportionality of Nutrient Losses in Agriculture: The Role of Perceived Vulnerability in Conservation and Nutrient Management

With Andrew Hillman

July 16, 2025: Soil Microbiome and Biological Testing: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?

With Roland (Roli) Wilhelm

July 9, 2025: Hidden Carbon Credits: Reducing Soil Organic Carbon Erosion with Cover Crops

With Wenjuan Huang

July 2, 2025: Adoption and Disadoption of Soil and Water Management Practices in the U.S.

With Alejandro Plastina

June 25, 2025: Quantifying Iowa’s Annual Phosphorus Budget

With Elliot Anderson

Conservation, Webinars, LivestockAlena WhitakerJune 26, 2025phosphorus, water quality

June 18, 2025: Evaluation of Diverse Cover Crops Across Nebraska: Findings from Spring-, Summer-, and Fall-Planted Cover Crops

With Vesh R. Thapa and Grace Emperatriz Pacheco Jiron

Conservation, Webinars, LivestockAlena WhitakerJune 18, 2025cover crops, cover crop species

Field Day Archive: Evaluating Rotations of Cover Crops and Summer Annual Forages

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Water ConservationLiz RipleyMarch 13, 2025water quality, cover crops, cereal rye, grazing, forage, cattle

Field Day Archive: Can Precision Planting of Cereal Rye Mitigate Corn Seedling Disease and Yield Drag?

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Water ConservationLiz RipleyFebruary 13, 2025water quality, cover crops, cereal rye, corn

Field Day Archive: Unlocking the Potential of Saturated Grassed Waterways for Nutrient Reduction

Field Day Archive, Conservation, Water ConservationLiz RipleyJanuary 23, 2025water quality, tile drainage, waterway, saturated waterway

Iowa Wetlands

Iowa is home to a diverse array of wetland ecosystems that provide multiple benefits to humans and the natural world. These wetlands are essential for the survival of plants and animals adapted to life in a wet environment, including many rare and endangered species.

Conservation, Water Conservation, Edge of FieldLiz RipleyNovember 14, 2024water quality, wetlands