Private landowners, tribal entities and Iowa Land Trusts interested in permanent conservation easements to protect and restore wetlands and agricultural working lands through ACEP should submit applications and required documents by Feb. 15.

Iowa farmers and private landowners who want to be considered for funding through USDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) in fiscal year 2021 have until Feb. 19 to apply.

A partnership agreement between USDA and Pheasants Forever is helping Iowa’s farmers and rural landowners learn about opportunities to improve profitability within their fields through a free analysis of their precision farm data.

Ask staff at your local NRCS office about special funding opportunities to help improve soil health on your cropland.

After years of struggling to consistently establish cover crops in the fall on cropland in Iowa’s northern tier counties, more than a dozen Allamakee County producers are participating in a new USDA-sponsored soil health demonstration project that – after one growing season – is showing promising.