Conservation Chat 51: Wade Dooley and Nathan Anderson

Both Wade Dooley and Nathan Anderson are a young farmers working to increase the resiliency of their farms using a combination of conservation practices, like cover crops, and livestock.

It is clear that both are passionate about their land and their farming practices. In the chat with host Jacqueline Comito, Anderson discuses the mission and vision statements that he and his wife have been working on for their farm. Dooley also shares the big changes he started in 2020: moving away from row crops to CRP acres and a grass-fed cow-calf operation. Both men stressed the importance of finding a system that allows you to do what you enjoy, but also be a successful and profitable business.

Dooley and Anderson are truly “farming for the future”. While different approaches, both are working on making their farms resilient to the changing climate and finding systems that allow them to learn, adapt and get excited to try again next year. To learn more about the challenges and opportunities that they see on their farms and for rural Iowa, listen to the podcast here or on iTunes!