KCCI Des Moines

Iowa updates its strategy to reduce nutrient runoff

The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy has been updated to reflect increased access to data and new practices, including a precision ag-tool to optimize nitrogen application.The nutrient reduction ...
news.iastate.edu

Iowa State research shows perennials would reduce nutrient runoff to the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone

AMES, Iowa – A new study from an Iowa State University agronomist shows that an increase in perennial bioenergy grasses throughout the Corn Belt would lead to a significant reduction in nitrogen ...
Iowa Public Radio

Iowa Farm Poll reveals farmers’ shifting views about conservation and water quality over a decade

The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy’s goal for non-point sources, including agriculture, is a 41% reduction in nitrogen loss and a 29% reduction in phosphorus loss. Aerial Support provided by ...
WOSU Public Media

H2Ohio helped farmers reduce nutrient runoff. What happens after funding cuts?

Dennis Vennekotter stands in a field of corn on his farm in northwest Ohio's Putnam County. The farm has been in his family for over a century. Putnam County’s Vennekotter Farms is more than five ...