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ISU Announces N-FACT User Experience Updates
Posted onSeptember 29, 2025 (AMES, Iowa) — The Iowa Nitrogen Initiative (INI) team announced updates to N-FACT, Iowa State University’s dynamic nitrogen fertilizer decision support tool. The updates incorporate user feedback…
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How Iowa Farmers Can Lead on Water Quality
Posted onThe Drop: September 2025 By Joe McClure Cover crops can be a great conservation tool, but they need to be balanced with the needs of the cash crop—and the waterways…
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Sophia Campbell Wins Watershed Award
Posted onSophia Campbell Wins 2025 Iowa Watershed Coordinator of the Year By Rebekah Jones SOPHIA CAMPBELL WINS IOWA WATERSHED AWARD For her work in the Yellow River Headwaters of Winneshiek County …
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Iowa Cover Crop wins Team Award
Posted onIowa Cover Crop wins team award for statewide network of cover crop advocates By Rebekah Jones JEFFERSON, IA (IAWA) — Iowa Cover Crop (ICC), a Jefferson-based conservation business co-owned by Bill…
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FlyCID Director Wins Iowa Watershed Impact Award
Posted onFlyCID Director Wins Iowa Watershed Impact Award By Tom Collins CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IAWA) – Marty Lenss, Airport Director for the Eastern Iowa Airport, has won the Individual Impact Award…
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ACWA Chairman Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted onHarry Ahrenholtz, Chairman of the Board for Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance (ACWA), a non-profit committed to improving Iowa’s water quality, has won the 2025 Watershed Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Rooted in Stewardship: How Iowa Corn Growers Can Stay the Course on Conservation
Posted onBy Greg Wandrey, Ph.D., Director of Sustainability, Iowa Corn Growers Association As an Iowa row-crop farmer, you know that cover crop season doesn’t start after harvest—it starts during the growing…
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Momentum and Mission: Why I Believe in Iowa’s Conservation Future
Posted onBy Jeff Lucas As a kid who grew up in Southeast Iowa where the Skunk and Des Moines rivers pour into the Mississippi, I developed an early respect for farmers…
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Farmer leadership shines in NW Iowa
Posted onFarmer leadership shines in NW Iowa By Rebekah Jones In Northwest Iowa, a small but mighty movement is reshaping the way communities approach conservation. The Northwest Iowa Ag Stewardship Alliance,…
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Motherhood on the farm: Easy? No. Worth it? Yes.
Posted onMotherhood on the farm: Easy? No. Worth it? Yes. Guest Mother’s Day post by Paula Ellis Being a mom is not an easy job. Being a farmer is not an…