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This research was funded by Ceres Trust. In a Nutshell: The objective of this trial was to determine which of several salad greens species are most cold tolerant for overwintering. Hannah Breckbill and Emily Fagan of Humble Hands …


Publish Date
November 10, 2022

PFI Staff
Stefan Gailans
Cooperators
Hannah Breckbill and Emily Fagan
Jon Yagla
Description

In a Nutshell: Emery Davis wanted help with making a decision on whether or not to purchase soybeans with seed treatments in the future. He compared soybeans grown from seed treated with fungicides and a neonicotinoid with soybeans …


Publish Date
November 9, 2022

PFI Staff
Stefan Gailans
Cooperators
Emery Davis
Description

This research was funded by the Walton Family Foundation. In a Nutshell: Dick Sloan knows more cover crop biomass often equates to more soil health benefits. The objective of this trial was to determine whether applying modest amounts …


Publish Date
November 9, 2022

PFI Staff
Stefan Gailans
Cooperators
Dick Sloan
Description

This research was funded by the Walton Family Foundation. In a Nutshell: Dick Sloan has experimented with clovers and other legume green manure cover crops over the past few years. In this trial he trained his focus on …


Publish Date
November 9, 2022

PFI Staff
Stefan Gailans
Cooperators
Dick Sloan
Description

This research was funded by the Walton Family Foundation. In a Nutshell: In recent years, Dick Sloan has been evaluating his use of insecticide (neonicotinoid) seed treatments for soybeans in on-farm trials and has found no improvement in …


Publish Date
November 8, 2022

PFI Staff
Stefan Gailans
Cooperators
Dick Sloan
Description

This research was funded by Ceres Trust.  In a Nutshell: Hannah Breckbill and Emily Fagan of Humble Hands Harvest wondered if a soil primer (Rejuvenate) could improve the productivity of Napa cabbage. They also wondered if the soil …


Publish Date
November 1, 2022

PFI Staff
Stefan Gailans
Cooperators
Hannah Breckbill
Emily Fagan
Description

This research was funded by USDA-NIFA, Walton Family Foundation, and Albert Lea Seed House. In A Nutshell: Eleven cereal rye varieties and one triticale variety were screened at four Iowa State University research farms. Key Findings: Across sites …


Publish Date
October 25, 2022

PFI Staff
Stefan Gailans
Cooperators
ISU Northern Research Farm (Matt Schnabel)
ISU Northeast Research Farm (Ken Pecinovsky)
ISU Ag Engineering and Agronomy Farm (Matt Schnabel)
ISU Southwest Research Farm (Matt Schnabel)
Description

This research was funded by the Ceres Trust.  In a Nutshell: Iowa producers Emily Fagan and Hannah Breckbill of Humble Hands Farm, and Jon Yagla of The Millet Seed farm wished to sharpen their understanding of the optimum …


Publish Date
October 20, 2022

PFI Staff
Hayley Nelson
Cooperators
Hannah Breckbill
Emily Fagan
John Yagla
Description

This research was funded by the Walton Family Foundation. In a Nutshell: Dick Sloan has been raising his own cereal rye cover crop seed on the farm for a few years. He was curious to learn if applying …


Publish Date
October 6, 2022

PFI Staff
Stefan Gailans
Cooperators
Dick Sloan
Description

This research was funded by USDA-NIFA, Walton Family Foundation, Albert Lea Seed House, Welter Seed and Honey Co., Meridian Seeds, SDSU Seed Foundation and Zabel Seeds. In a Nutshell: 17 oat varieties were screened at four Iowa State …


Publish Date
October 5, 2022

PFI Staff
Stefan Gailans
Cooperators
ISU Northern Research Farm
ISU Ag Engineering and Agronomy Farm
ISU Northeast Research Farm
ISU Southwest Research Farm
Description

This research was funded by the Walton Family Foundation.  In a Nutshell: Jack Boyer was interested to know if the soil health benefits of long-term cover cropping on his farm would permit him to reduce his nitrogen program …


Publish Date
February 14, 2022

PFI Staff
Hayley Nelson
Cooperators
Jack Boyer
Description

In a Nutshell: Rob Faux and Mark Quee wondered: Does the immediate proximity of annual flowers that support pollinators improve the productivity of nearby cucurbit crops? Quee tested the effect of both variety and flowering/non-flowering adjacent plants on …


Publish Date
February 11, 2022

PFI Staff
Stefan Gailans
Cooperators
Rob Faux
Mark Quee