The removal of fencerows across Illinois has had significant, and often unseen, consequences for our environment, from ...

The White House pulled the plug on $25 million that would have helped protect "vital" forest and wetlands along the ...

Nitrate levels in the Cedar River, which supplies drinking water for Cedar Rapids, have increased in recent days, but remain ...

For Jeremy Gustafson, fighting to protect Iowa’s precious soil and water is more than just advocating for proper land ...

Congress is discussing a dark and disturbing deal right under our noses: to sell up to a quarter-billion acres of America's ...

Farming methods that support nature improve both biodiversity and crop yields, but more extensive measures may require ...

When it comes to conservation efforts on the farm, the classic goal of keeping soil where it is supposed to be remains the ...

More farmers are trying out conservation tillage and cover crops, but not all of them choose to permanently adopt the ...

Gina Buelow is the natural resources field specialist for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. She works statewide ...

“No-till reduces soil erosion 80-90%,” DeLong said. Water health can be helped by edge-of-the-field practices such as ...