John Rodecap, Extension Program Specialist III, Agronomy
Situation
Bringing partners together to test innovative programs for solutions to non-point source contamination.
Objective
To demonstrate locally-based refinement of practices using watershed leaders to assist in the discovery and confirmation of results and distribution of those results to neighbors.
Activities/Output
Iowa State University (ISU) Extension specialists have assisted individual producers and watershed councils to develop performance-based soil and nutrient management in contaminant threatened watersheds in northeast Iowa. Iowa Corn Grower and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation financial support was secured to encourage on-farm demonstrations that have aided in bringing new technology including GIS-GPS and management practices that have resulted in refined tillage, planting, manure application and nutrient use on watershed farms.
Impact/Outcomes
The results of significant reduction recommendations in nitrogen and phosphorus use are shared among watershed councils and communities in the region.
2005
150 -- Environmental Stewardship
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July 9, 2006
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