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Iowa Nutrient Research Center invites new water quality research proposals

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AMES, Iowa- The Iowa Nutrient Research Center is accepting new proposals for research projects designed to reduce nitrate and phosphorus in Iowa’s water.

Innovative research explores impacts of tile drainage water quality on streams

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Mriganka De and Theresa Brehm, former postdoc and undergraduate student (respectively), mixing stream and tile waters in incubation jars in the McDaniel Laboratory at Iowa State University. Photo courtesy of Marshall McDaniel.

Study helps quantify importance of eroding streambanks to Iowa’s nutrient reduction efforts

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Helmers honored with Brent and Cindy Hart Professorship

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Matt Helmers (right) with Iowa State University alumni supporters Brent and Cindy Hart. Photo by Sarah Hays.

Explore growing library of Iowa Nutrient Research Center video resources

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Iowa State Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Assistant Professor Adina Howe presenting seminar on Iowa agricultural microbiomes and their connection with nutrient reduction strategies. Her presentation is one of the recordings available in the INRC Video Library.

New conservation planning tool allows users to evaluate tailored cost-benefit tradeoffs

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Emma Bravard, a research scientst at Iowa State, views a watershed map generated in the new Financial and Nutrient Reduction Tool (FiNRT), part of the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework.

Iowa Nutrient Research Center announces funding for new water quality projects

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AMES, Iowa — The Iowa Nutrient Research Center at Iowa State University announces funding of just over $1.4 million to support a dozen new water quality and nutrient management projects for 2022-2023.

Research helps develop remote sensing as tool to assess conservation implementation

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Map of Iowa shows estimated crop residue cover from 2011-2021, based on remote sensing data compiled by Dr. Brian Gelder, Forrest Williams and other researchers at Iowa State University. Black lines within the map delineate Major Land Resource Areas. Illustration courtesy of Forrest Williams.

Solving the complex puzzle of dissolved phosphorus loss from farmland

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Man kneeling in field — Antonio Mallarino

AMES, Iowa — A research project by Iowa State University soil scientists provides new insight into the complex picture of phosphorus loss from farmland and evidence proving phosphorus runoff is often underestimated.

Iowa State University agronomist predicts the future through modeling

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