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Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt Improvement
Posted onMaxwell, IA A new water control structure to help the wetlands clean an additional 10,000 acres of ag runoff. A new water control structure to help the wetlands clean an…
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USDA ramps up support for prairie strips
Posted onBy Dan Looker ANKENY, Iowa (IAWA) – The USDA offers a cornucopia of conservation programs through its Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) – but using them…
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The STRIPS Project – A brief history
Posted onBy Dan Looker ANKENY, Iowa (IAWA) – In 2007, a group of Iowa State University researchers started testing the concept of mixing the advantages of tallgrass prairie with row crops, an…
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Prairie fuel – A new market for prairie hay
Posted onBy Dan Looker ANKENY, Iowa (IAWA) – Iowa farmers who plant prairie strips may soon have a new source of revenue for harvesting them. This spring, St. Louis-based Roeslein Alternative Energy…
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Polk County Accelerates Water Quality Efforts on Central Iowa Farms
Posted onMore landowners sign up for nitrate filtration practices in farm fields thanks to a visionary new public-private partnership approach that is turnkey and systems-based By Kurt Lawton Creating a scalable…
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Multiple Stakeholders Share Approaches for Source Water Protection
Posted onThe Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance (IAWA) Advisory Council recently met and tackled the important topic of source water protection. Source water refers to sources of water (such as rivers, streams,…
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Iowa Farmers Rely on Cover Crops to Improve Prevent Plant Acres
Posted onBy Kurt Lawton The calendar can’t turn fast enough this year for farmers, many who endured both a soggy #Plant 19 and a wet, snowy #Harvest19, as Twitter posts showcased.…
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Soil Saving Farmers Invest in Practices to Improve Water Quality
Posted on[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Article and photos by Kurt Lawton In the rolling hills of east-central Iowa in Cedar County, family farmers Ken Fawcett and his nephew Kent Stuart have long used…
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Improving Iowa’s Water Quality: 5 Things You Need to Know
Posted onWater quality is an important issue in Iowa. At the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance (IAWA), our goal is to increase farmer-led conservation efforts. Together with landowners, partner organizations, and the…
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Unique Approach for Landowner Outreach – Letters from Lee Gravel
Posted onBy: Sarah Feehan, IAWA Communications Intern The workplace of the North Raccoon watershed implementation coordinator, Lee Gravel, is designed to accommodate ergonomics for computer work. As a result, Gravel’s standing…