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

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

Delivering best practice for successful weed control with propyzamide while preventing it from entering water courses and ...

NI farmers could soon be paid for protecting nature — but the UFU warns the new scheme must work in practice and reward those ...

Ohio legislators joined the Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative (OACI) on a farm tour earlier this month in Findlay, Ohio, to hear firsthand how local farmers are leading the way in conservation ...

Join resource professionals for a discussion of prairie strips and their benefits during the Farming with Prairie Strips event June 17 south of Craig.

Conservation buffers are strips of land, often planted with native perennials, strategically placed among and around row crops. They have the potential to improve farm productivity, protect vital ...

WATERLOO -- In Black Hawk County, Larry Weigle should have been called Mr. Buffer Strip. Not many people know more about the conservation practice, and not many people care more about getting them ...

Agricultural policy’s impact on farming. Several policy ... promote sustainable practices such as controlled fertiliser use and buffer strips. ... water conservation remain a ...

Saturated buffers could reduce by 5 to 8 percent the nitrate that's ... Buffer strips key to reducing nitrates in ... a soil scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture national ...

The version of the buffer strip plan that passed in an agriculture and environment bill was its third iteration. The plan calls for 50-foot buffer strips on lakes and rivers, […] Skip to content.

Bill Kellogg stands in a buffer strip that filters nutrient runoff from his agricultural fields, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in Forest, Ohio. Credit: AP/Joshua A. Bickel ...