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

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Biocontrol/integrated pest management

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Economic and environmental impacts

• Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops

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Education

• Biological Control Curriculum

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Energy

• Energy and Sustainable Agriculture [PDF]
• Building a Sustainable Bioeconomy presentation [PDF]
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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

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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 [PDF],
• read the project [PDF]
• 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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