Midwest farmers share how cover crops keep valuable topsoil in their fields. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Midwest farmers share how cover crops keep valuable topsoil in their fields. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Looking for a farmer? FindAFarmer connects landowners and landseekers to help preserve family farms. Find a farmer that shares your values at https://findafarmer.net/ | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Looking for a farmer? FindAFarmer connects landowners and landseekers to help preserve family farms. Find a farmer that shares your values at https://findafarmer.net/ | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Learn how Sundog Farm @localharvestcsa incorporates grazing into their vegetable production in Iowa’s short season in this episode of #practicalcovercroppers. View the full video on our YouTube channel. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Learn how Sundog Farm @localharvestcsa incorporates grazing into their vegetable production in Iowa’s short season in this episode of #practicalcovercroppers. View the full video on our YouTube channel. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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The row crop cultivator’s basic job is to cut or uproot the weeds between rows, and cover up the in-row weeds that can’t be cut or uprooted. But, depending on plant, weed, soil and weather conditions, that job can get pretty tricky. In this video, hear from several PFI farmers on how they adjust their cultivators to get the job done. Dean Schultes Eric Madsen Jaron Wilson | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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The row crop cultivator’s basic job is to cut or uproot the weeds between rows, and cover up the in-row weeds that can’t be cut or uprooted. But, depending on plant, weed, soil and weather conditions, that job can get pretty tricky. In this video, hear from several PFI farmers on how they adjust their cultivators to get the job done. Dean Schultes Eric Madsen Jaron Wilson | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Interested in using cover crops to build soil health and control weeds? Sign up for our cover crop cost share. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Interested in using cover crops to build soil health and control weeds? Sign up for our cover crop cost share. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Yesterday Susan Young of @luckystarfarm.iowacity opened her farm up for a PFI field day on raw milk production. Susan shared her goat milking routine that prioritizes cleanliness and safety. She also showed how she tests samples in her affordable on-farm lab. Join PFI for another season of farmer-to-farmer learning at nearly 60 farms across Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin. See the full field day schedule: www.practicalfarmers.org/events/field-days/2025-field-days/ | P
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Yesterday Susan Young of @luckystarfarm.iowacity opened her farm up for a PFI field day on raw milk production. Susan shared her goat milking routine that prioritizes cleanliness and safety. She also showed how she tests samples in her affordable on-farm lab. Join PFI for another season of farmer-to-farmer learning at nearly 60 farms across Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin. See the full field day schedule: www.practicalfarmers.org/events/field-days/2025-field-days/ | P
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Looking to advance your understanding of how cover crops can work for you? PFI is hosting a Cover Crop Boot Camp, Tuesday, Nov. 30 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Hear how farmers are working with cover crops to reduce nitrogen and herbicide inputs, growing their own cover crop seed and incorporating their cover crops with livestock. Register today! https://bit.ly/3GHUprx | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Will Cannon shares why knowledge exchange and building community matter when you start adding cover crops to your systems. #practicalcovercroppers | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Protect your soil with us. PFI offers cover crop cost-share of $10 per acre on an unlimited number of acres. #practicalcovercroppers | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Conner Allender is a young, enthusiastic poultry farmer from Jefferson, IA. Conner got her start working with neighbor Tom Wind to pasture poultry on his crop ground, a win-win for soil health. In this video Conner explains the set up for her pastured laying hens. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Learn how farmers are using portable fencing and water systems to graze cover crops, providing feed and improving the soil at the same time. Watch the full video and the rest of our #practicalcovercroppers series on our YouTube channel. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Have you thought about planting cover crops, but haven't been sure if it's feasible for your farm? In this video, farmer McKane Wells shares his experience with PFI's cover crop cost-share program, which he enrolled in for the first time in 2023. Since then, McKane has begun using cover crops to feed his cattle and build soil health on his farm. Enrollment is currently open for our cover crop cost-share program, which is stackable with other federal cost-share programs. Use the link in our bio t
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Hannah Breckbill and Emily Fagan, operators of Humble Hands Harvest in Decorah, Iowa, share how tarping saves time and keeps weeds at bay. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Watch for part two to see Michael’s set-up. Watch the full video and the rest of the #PracticalCoverCroppers series on our YouTube channel. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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More voices from Farm Aid 40! Up now is Practical Farmers of Iowa @practicalfarmer , a farmer-led organization also celebrating their 40th anniversary this year! 🥳 Their message/s? Farmers educating farmers. A diversity of farm management practices leads to fabulous diversity in communities. And, per the t-shirt that everyone was coveting at Farm Aid: “Don’t farm naked” (translation: no bare ground! plant cover crops!) Thanks for your work, PFI! 🌾💪🏼 #farmaid40 #pfi #practicalfarmersofiowa #i
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What fencing and watering options have helped you graze cover crops? #practicalcovercroppers | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Marking four decades of equipping farmers to build resilient farms and vibrant communities, nothing was more fitting for our anniversary celebration than a field day with 80 attendees in Boone, Iowa. On June 24, attendees gathered at Jeremy Gustafson's farm to learn about cover cropping soybeans, corn and pumpkins. PFI cofounder Larry Kallem and founding member Ron Rosmann were among multiple generations of PFI members and the board of directors who gathered to share the anniversary! Thank you t
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Learn how cover crops protect soil in extreme weather by preventing erosion in our latest #practicalcovercroppers video. To view the full series, visit our YouTube channel. | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Do you want to differentiate between your farm’s best acres and its marginal acres? Do you want to utilize precision yield data and other spatial information to help improve profitability and sustainability? Are you interested in exploring profitable management solutions that also provide conservation benefits? Are you interested in a unique, one-time incentive payment to farm your best acres? If you answered yes, visit our Habitat Incentives Program page to learn more about precision conservati
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Whether it's grazing cover crops or cultivating community, PFI's Annual Conference has something for everyone. Hear what Bill Frederick and Chris Deal of Jefferson like to learn about when they attend the conference in this video. Learn more about the annual conference here: http://bit.ly/2LSrNjE | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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PFI's first documentary film – "Livestock on the Land" - will debut January 21, 2021 at our **virtual** annual conference. Register today https://bit.ly/33FzSSP - and watch the premiere with farmers and supporters from across the state and beyond. Livestock on the Land is a story about the ways that farmers are building resilient farms and communities by centering their operations around the animals they care for. Whether it's through rotational grazing to cover crops to fertility for crop field
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The well-being of our rural communities depends on healthy soil and clean water. To Practical Farmers of Iowa, REVIVAL means restoring the ecological health of the land. In this video, PFI members share why stewardship - especially clean water - is important to them, and what they hope to learn at Practical Farmers' 2018 annual conference (Jan. 18-20). Register today! https://pficonference.org/ | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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Kim Andersen of Blueberry Bottom Farm hosted a field day “Organic U-Pick Blueberries and Day-Neutral Strawberries.” Topics included communicating clearly about u-pick, what to do about oversupply, managing pests, irrigation, and more! Be sure to check out the field day schedule for the full list of farmer-to-farmer learning opporutnities at https://practicalfarmers.org/events/field-days/2024-field-days/ | Practical Farmers of Iowa
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