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Agronomy - NRCS Iowa

June corn in Iowa

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.

Guide Sheets

  • Cover Crop Guide Sheets:
    • Cover Crops Before Corn (PDF)
    • Cover Crops Before Soybeans (PDF)
  • Harvesting Crop Residue: What is it Worth? (PDF)

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

Popular Iowa Agronomy Articles/Videos

  • Cool-Season Covers Used for Weed Suppression in Establishment of Woody Seedlings (PDF)
  • 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

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