Agronomy

360 SOILSCAN Iowa NRCS User Guide

Iowa NRCS Soil Health Resources

National Resources Inventory (NRI) - An inventory of land cover and use, soil erosion, prime farmland, wetlands, and other natural resource characteristics on non-Federal rural land in the United States. The NRI provides a record of the Nation's conservation accomplishments and future program needs.

No-Till Challenge

RUSLE2 - Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation 2

Strip-till

For more Agronomy Information, visit the national NRCS Agronomy web page.

Job Sheets, Fact Sheets & Technical Notes

• Cover Crop Guide Sheets:
  • Cover Crops Before Corn (PDF)
  • Cover Crops Before Soybeans (PDF)
• Harvesting Crop Residue: What is it Worth? (PDF)
• Iowa Cover Crops Job Sheet (PDF)
• Iowa Agronomy Technical Note 36: Interseeding of Cover Crops (PDF)
• Iowa Agronomy Technical Note 38: Cover Crop Management (PDF)
  • Prevented Plant Risks and Options (PDF), June 2019
• Iowa Agronomy Technical Note 39: Recommended Cover Crop Seeding Methods and Tools (PDF)

For more information about cover crops, visit the Iowa NRCS Soil Health webpage.

Popular Iowa Agronomy Articles/Videos

• Cover Crop Innovators Video Series
• Cover Crops Big Creek Field Day, Boone County Farmer Jeremy Gustafson Discusses Cover Crops and Soil Health (YouTube)
• "Cover Crops Covering More Iowa Farmland", Cedar Rapids Gazette, August 2013
• "Reverse Erosion" featuring Clay Mitchell of Tama County, Corn & Soybean Digest^®, February 2013
• "Size is No Excuse | Large Farmers Make Cover Crops Work", Corn & Soybean Digest^®, February 2013

Why Use Cover Crops? What Experienced Farmers Say...

Contact:
Kevin McCall, State Resource Conservationist
Phone: 515-284-4262