Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll Shows Conservation Increasing, Rented Land Remains a Barrier
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As the percentage of rented farmland in Iowa continues to grow, farmers see a steady shift in who is responsible for what happens on the land.
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Iowa State Survey Shows Farm Owners Make Small Increases in Conservation
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A survey of Iowa landowners conducted by Iowa State University suggests that adoption of conservation practices has increased slightly since 2012, and that ongoing trends in land ownership and management are likely barriers to a number of conservation practices. However, some of these same barriers may contribute to increased use of no-till management on cropland, researchers found.
Decoding and leveraging the farmer messenger effect to accelerate the adoption of critical edge-of-field conservation practices
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