Farmer Survey Project

Title:  The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Farmer Survey project

Location:  Statewide

Time Period:  2015-present

Research Team: J. Arbuckle, Zhengyuan Zhu, and Laurie Nowatzke

Project Description:  The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Farmer Survey project, a five-year (2015-2019) farmer survey that is: (1) measuring farmer knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to nutrient management and nutrient loss into waterways, (2) identifying barriers to and facilitators of behavior change that reduces nutrient loss, and (3) measuring changes in these over time.

Publications:

https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/15707

https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/15507

Conditional Causal Mediation Analysis of Factors Associated With Cover Crop Adoption in Iowa, USA

Funders:  Iowa Nutrient Research Center, IDALS, Iowa State University Extension