Note: The Marshalltown meeting has been cancelled. The Carroll location will be held as scheduled.
December 16 - Cancelled
Marshall County Extension Office, Marshalltown, Iowa
December 20
Carroll County Extension Office, Carroll, Iowa
Information for agribusinesses, agronomists and farmers on new practices to improve soil and water quality, such as vegetative filter strips and bioreactors. The goal is a clearer understanding of how these practices work and the benefits they bring to crop production and beyond.
Program
- 8:30 am
- Registration, morning refreshments
- 9:00 am
- Setting the bar: Why is soil enhancement needed? - Mark Licht, ISU Extension field agronomist
- 9:30 am
- Can conservation complement agriculture? -John Doudna, graduate research assistant, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
- 10:15 pm
- Water quality benefits of perennial strips in row-cropped watersheds -Matt Helmers, associate professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University
- 11:00 pm
- Making bioreactors work to reduce nitrates -Kapil Arora, ISU Extension field agricultural engineer
- 11:30 pm
- Adjourn
CCA credits
2.5 soil and water management
