• ISU Research Farm Field Day

    Northern Research Farm 310 S. Main St., Kanawha, Iowa

    8:30 AM Registration and refreshments 9:00 Opening Remarks and Welcome – Greg Guenther, President of the North Central Iowa Research Association 9:15 Current Farm Updates and Projects – Matthew Schnabel…

  • PFI: Managed Grazing 101

    Ames Ames, IA

    Bassett Farms is a three-generation operation near Ames, Iowa, raising 1,500 acres of row crops alongside a 100-head cow-calf herd. Mike manages the grazing side and has spent the past…

  • PFI: Drainage Water Recycling and Double Cropping

    Lytton Lytton, Iowa

    Mark and Melissa Schleisman and their family raise popcorn, field corn, soybeans, rye, wheat, oats, cattle and hogs at M&M Farms in Calhoun County, Iowa. Soil and water conservation are…

  • Athene Watershed 26: A convergence of ag and conservation

    Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa

    About the Summit The Upper Mississippi River Watershed stands at a crossroads. Agricultural runoff, public health risks, and recurrent flooding are converging into one of the most pressing environmental and…

  • ISA Shop Talk: Masonville

    Masonville Masonville, Iowa

    Join the Iowa Soybean Association Research Center for Farming Innovation and farmer Sean Dolan for a social event focused on practical cover crop management. Topics include establishment and drilling tips,…

  • PFI: Building a Seed Conditioning Business

    Carroll Carroll, Iowa

    Ryan Tiefenthaler grew up helping on his family’s row crop and hog farm near Carroll, Iowa. After college, he returned to the farm to help his dad and started a…

  • PFI: Oats and Drones

    Osage Osage, Iowa

    Joe Rowe returned to farming in 2008 after growing up on a row crop farm but stepping away for a decade of schooling and other pursuits. Since then, he has…