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Several staffers from Practical Farmers of Iowa and Iowa Learning Farms traveled to fields across the state this spring to conduct field [...]
Last month, I attended a workshop on cover crops for fruit and vegetable farms, hosted by Iowa State University [...]
On Wednesday, May 8 the Risk Management Agency released a bulletin stating that “farmers growing cover crops who wish to [...]
Wanted to report some soil temperatures readings from the field today. Earl Hafner near Panora in central Iowa, measured soil [...]
Dave & Meg Schmidt are grazers in western Iowa. Dave wrote this summary to share with the PFI network. Meg [...]
Very interesting publication on the phenomena of allelopathy. Check out chapter 3 to read more about the specifics of allelopathic [...]
Cover crops are growing! If you’ve seen some bright green fields around the countryside then you are probably seeing some [...]
Check out this article about canola research in Iowa.
CHECK OUT UPCOMING COVER CROP MANAGEMENT FIELD DAYS AROUND THE STATE OF IOWA. Thanks for the Iowa Learning Farm for [...]
Insuring Crops Planted Following a Cover Crop Feb 15, 2012 The following statement, frequently referred to as the “double crop” [...]
Ever wonder what stockpiled pasture looks like on a cold and rainy December day? Well then you should have been [...]
Jeremy and Kelly Gustafson and Jeremy’s father Steve and uncle Larry hosted 60 farmers and NRCS and IDALS staffers to [...]
Kelly Tobin hosted 60 farmers, NRCS staff and IDALS staff including Secretary Bill Northey to his farm on August [...]
The Cool Green Blankie By Julie A. Petersen, Knoxville, IA
I received this question from a PFI farmer last week. I know many farmers decide to till or no to [...]
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