Animal management and forage

Rossman Farm, Harlan

• Managing dairy farm finances Presentation (with audio) by ISU Extension dairy specialist Larry Tranel (Leopold Center project)
• Best management practices for dairy grazingPresentation (with audio) by ISU Extension dairy specialist Larry Tranel (Leopold Center project)
• Building low-cost dairiesPresentation (with audio) by ISU Extension dairy specialist Larry Tranel (Leopold Center project)
• "Guide to Managing Pasture Water" publication series based on Leopold Center-funded work by Jim Russell, ISU:
• Stabilized Stream and Pond Access Sites [PDF]
• Streamside Buffers [PDF]
• Off-Stream Water, Shade and Nutritional Supplementation to Modify Animal Behavior [PDF]
• Tune up for Grass-Based Production and MarketingMaterials from workshop presented by Arkansas grazier and consultant Allen Williams
• Jim Russell discusses his most current data and thinking for his Leopold project:
• Description of the grant"Site Specific Implementation of Practices that Alter the Spatial/Temporal Distribution of Grazing Cattle to Improve Water Quality of Pasture Streams in the Rathbun Lake Watershed," $60,894 over 2 years
• Video about grazing management for water quality protection

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Agroforestry

• Sweet on Silvopasture [PDF]Info on how to transition
• Lessons Learned from Bear Creek [PDF]

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Biocontrol/integrated pest management

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Economic and environmental impacts

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Education

• Biological Control Curriculum
• Project summary [PDF]

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Energy

• Energy and Sustainable Agriculture [PDF]Hunter Lovins' talk from the 2007 Pesek Colloquium
• Building a Sustainable Bioeconomy presentation [PDF]Leopold funded the now-graduated student A. Heggenstaller. This GPSA Colloquium slide presentation states what make sense for the future bioeconomy
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• Getting Started in On-Farm Biodiesel ProductionArchived presentation by our partner, Rich Dana from the National Center for Appropriate Technology office in Des Moines, who also works with the Leopold Center's new Iowa Farm Energy Working Group

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Farming systems

Rock Spring Farm, Decorah

• Cover Crops and Third Crops
• Environmental benefits and management of small grain winter cover crops in corn-soybean rotations [PDF]
• Learning Module about Cover Crops
• The Farm as Natural HabitatLaura Jackson, UNI Biologist
• Perennializers
• Seeds and Broods

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Grapes and other niche products

Lisa Wasko, ISU Graduate Student

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Hoops and alternative livestock systems

• Hoop Barn Swine Production [PDF]
• Energy Use and Nutrient Cycling in Pig Production Systems
• Beef cattle feeding in deep-bedded hoop barns [PDF] (see pages 12–13)

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Manure nutrient and compost management

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Niche meat, dairy and poultry

• How to Direct Market your Beef [PDF]

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Organic

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Policy

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Soil, agronomy and carbon sequestration

Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge

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Watershed and ecoregion

• CRP Land: It's in your hands [PDF]
• NRCS Guide to Conservation Programs in Iowa
• Lessons Learned From Bear Creek [PDF]
• A Targeted Conservation Approach for Improving Environmental Quality: Multiple Benefits and Expanded Opportunities
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• Read the news release
• Listen to a radio interview
• Green Lands Blue Waters, Iowa Learning Group

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Water quality

• Boone River
• Clear Creek: Using the past to plan the future, Natural Areas journal article [PDF]

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Weed control alternatives

• Weed Emergence Sequences: Knowledge to guide scouting and control [PDF]
• Weed Seed Predation [PDF]
• Over-winter predation of weed seeds in arable land, European Weed Research Society, journal article [PDF] 
  

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Wildlife

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