I recently participated in a webinar focused on farmer leadership in watersheds — Lois Wright-Morton from Iowa State University, Todd Sutphin from the Iowa Soybean Association, and I discussed what we have learned about best practices for engaging farmers in watershed work.
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We have been working hard to establish and analyze three on-farm cover crop and tillage test plots in the watersheds, made possible in part by a grant from SARE, the Sustainable Agriculture, Research and Education program at USDA. We have randomized, replicated trials of cover vs no-cover, and tilled vs no-till plots on three farms […]
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“It has the hopeful feeling of a revolution – one that might achieve results that have long been elusive in improving water quality impacts from agricultural land.” A great article about our project by Greg Seitz on St. Croix 360! Check it out: Farmers Doing ‘Groundwork’ to Restore St. Croix River Water
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