DECORAH, Iowa — Soil erosion comes at a cost. Andy Herringshaw, an Iowa State University economics graduate student who is working with the Iowa Learning Farm, discussed that cost at a recent field ...

Fall tillage practices, even reduced tillage techniques such as disking and chisel plowing, can eliminate important winter food and cover for many wildlife species in Iowa, according to the Iowa ...

Agricultural field practices seem to be like our national politics, very much divided. Maybe 25% more fields planted to cover crop due to H20 Ohio funds. On the other hand, there appears to be more ...

Among the reasons healthy soil produces higher yielding crops is that healthy soil can take in and store more water. One way to create healthier soil is to refrain from tillage. That’s not exactly ...