Published Oct 20, 2021

On-Farm, Episode 018: Dick Sloan

By Practical Farmers of Iowa

In this episode, we talk prairie strips with northeast Iowa farmer Dick Sloan. We talk about why Dick decided to plant prairie strips, what they are, and what it takes to install and manage them. He was just featured in a new video series from PFI – Bringing Back the Edges: Creating Wildlife Habitat on Farms. You can check out the video on prairie strips here.


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