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  • Nutrient Reduction Strategy Dashboards Receive New Updates, Show Positive Trends

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    Recently, the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Interactive Dashboards received an update with 2024 data. With nearly every data set showing an improvement, here are some highlights from two of the updated dashboards, “Land Use and In-Field Practices” and “Edge-of-Field Practices and Structural Erosion Control.” If you’re interested in exploring the data for yourself, visit the…

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    New IDALS Nitrogen Soil Sampling Project to Help Farmers Save Money, Benefit Water Quality

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    Residual nitrogen data coupled with N-FACT help farmers optimize fertilizer application rates, delivering monetary and environmental benefits  DES MOINES, Iowa (Apr. 13, 2026) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and the Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council (INREC) today announced a new, three-year Nitrogen Soil Sampling Project that will conduct nitrogen soil testing for farmers in targeted areas upstream from the Des Moines metro. Testing for residual nitrogen in the soil can help farmers dial in their…

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  • IAWA Launches Conservation Compass

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    News Release  CONTACT: Rebekah Jones, Cell: 515- 901-3147 | rjones@iaagwater.org  MEDIA KIT: Conservation Photos & Videos | Compass materials  Additional media tools can be found in our media kit.  IAWA Launches Conservation Compass  A suite of tools, info, and people to navigate conservation funding options  ANKENY, Iowa — April 6, 2026 – The Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance is proud to announce Conservation Compass – a suite of tools and education…

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  • New IAWA Resource Helps Farmers, Public Break Down Complex Cycle

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    Nitrogen makes up 78% of Earth’s atmosphere; it is an essential building block for life, and it is also a topic of many water quality discussions in Iowa. With Iowa’s water nitrate level a concern for many, it is understandable that people have questions like what it is, how it works, and why farmers are…

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  • Understanding Iowa’s Landforms

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    Overview While many outsiders think of Iowa as a “flyover state” with the same landscape as far as the eye can see, us Iowans know that Iowa is unique from corner to corner. Iowa’s landscape was largely shaped by glaciers. Those ancient sheets left behind different soils, aquifers, rock formations, and more. Geologists today now…

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  • Cedar Rapids Farmers are Protecting Soil and Water with Proven Practices

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    How the City of Cedar Rapids Supports Farmers to Implement Water Quality Practices ANKENY, IA — The Cedar River Source Water Partnership (CRSWP) is a $20 million USDA-NRCS funded water quality grant backed by 13 partners from both public and private industries. The grant focuses on building relationships with farmers and supporting the implementation of…

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  • Where does extra nitrate go after it’s removed?

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    Central Iowa Water Works has a nitrate removal facility that ensures safe and reliable drinking water in times where nitrate in source water is above the EPA safe drinking water standard. That standard is 10 ppm. Final treated water will always meet EPA nitrate requirements, and if it doesn’t your utility is required to tell…

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  • Celebrating Iowa’s Farmers with the Des Moines Bucs

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    Des Moines Bucs Celebrate Iowa’s Farmers With a 6-2 Win Farmer Appreciation Night Hockey Game Ends #1 Green Bay’s 14-Game Winning Streak On Saturday, January 3rd, IAWA partnered with Holganix and Versova to sponsor the Des Moines Buccaneers hockey team and put on a night celebrating the hard work and dedication of Iowa’s farmers. The…

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  • Farmer Feature: Emery Davis

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    How one Eastern Iowa farmer makes conservation rewarding By: Micaela Cashman Emery Davis farms in Crawfordsville, Iowa, near the Iowa State Research Farm. His small family farm in the Southern Iowa Drift Plain was shaped by glaciers over 500,000 years ago and has been deeply eroded by streams, rolling hills, and valleys. Sloped land and…

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  • Tile Contractor Duo Shares Conservation Story

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    New IAWA video shares father/son conservation story: “Who doesn’t want cleaner water? I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t care about water quality, especially if you’re raising a family here,” said Chase Broulik, a tile contractor that partners with his dad to install functional water quality structures on Iowa farms. In this video, the IAWA team…

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