• PFI: Grazing for a Goal

    Larchwood Larchwood, Iowa

    Karl Palmberg’s Larchwood, Iowa, farm has been in his family since 1938. But when he left for college, the operation was mothballed and put into hibernation. After retiring from the…

  • PFI: Measuring and Interpreting Soil Health Benefits

    Prairie City Prairie City, Iowa

    Will Cannon and his wife, Cassie, farm 1,000 acres of strip-till corn and no-till soybeans near Prairie City, Iowa. They use cover crops on a large scale and have reduced their applied…

  • PFI: Grazing CRP for Beginning Farmers

    Harper Harper, Iowa

    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…

  • PFI: Cleaning Water With Edge-of-Field Practices

    Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, Iowa

    Jim 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…

  • PFI: Virtual Cover Crop Workshop

    Virtual

    This virtual cover crop workshop offers an afternoon of sessions for farmers who are currently using cover crops in their farm practices, as well as those considering it. All are…

  • PFI: Oxbows to Improve Water Quality

    Webster City Webster City, Iowa

    In 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…