PFI: Grazing CRP for Beginning Farmers
The Adam family has farmed their land near Harper, Iowa, since 1851. Eric and Madison Adam are trying to manage the ground with the next 175 years in mind. One…
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PFI: Cleaning Water With Edge-of-Field Practices
Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, IowaJim O’Connell and his son, Casey, specialize in corn and soybeans at O’Connell Farms in Linn County, Iowa. For the past 17 years, Jim has planted cover crops green into…
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PFI: Oxbows to Improve Water Quality
Webster City Webster City, IowaIn 2018, Selden Spencer purchased farmland along White Fox Creek in Hamilton County, Iowa. The 100-acre property, previously owned by Ray Fry, is a mixture of cropland, woodland, ravines and…
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PFI: Establishing Native Historical Prairie Through Targeted Seed Selection
Coon Rapids Coon Rapids, IowaJon Judson and his wife, Kay Neumann, own and operate Diversity Farms, a sprawling 300-acre property comprising woodlands, wetlands, prairie and a small pasture for grass-fed beef as well as…
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PFI: Cover Crops, Cattle and Corn Cobs
Monticello Monticello, IowaNicole Vernon grew up on Monck Farms, a 700-acre corn and soybean farm near Monticello, Iowa, where her parents emphasized sustainable farming and conservation practices. While at Iowa State University,…
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PFI: Making Conservation Programs Work for You
Red Oak Red Oak, IowaOn his fourth-generation farm near Red Oak, Iowa, Dave Carbaugh has done a lot since moving back 15 years ago. Across his 100 acres, he has put in filter strips, grassed…
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PFI: Cover Crops and Conservation Across All Acres
Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, IowaJackson and Amanda Drost are part of Drost Farms, a multigenerational family farm in Mahaska County, Iowa, raising corn, soybeans and cattle. Around 2010, the Drosts flew on their first…