In the heart of America’s farmland, Iowa farmers are proving that sustainability and tradition can go hand in hand. Their mission is rooted in stewardship — protecting the soil, conserving water, and ...

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Water is a crucial resource for farmers and ranchers. Beyond keeping their crops, forage and livestock healthy and growing, the water used on the farm is also part of their families’ and communities’ ...

DES MOINES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Monday announced a new $3 million state-funded pilot project aimed at reducing nutrient runoff in watersheds that supply drinking water for the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced Monday the state agriculture department has initiated a pilot project that will pay farmers to implement ...

The project, led by Heartland Co-op, will include the installation of 14 saturated buffers and four bioreactors. These practices reduce the loss of nutrients, like nitrates, into Iowa’s waterways. The ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is beginning construction on 18 water quality and nitrate reduction projects in Tama and Grundy ...

A bioreactor constructed in June 2025 at the Iowa State University Southeast Iowa Research Farm near Washington, Iowa. (Photo courtesy of IDALS) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles ...

Eggs' reputation have certainly been through the wringer over the past two decades. For years, there were concerns that a regular egg habit would raise your cholesterol, prompting a wave of egg white ...

NOW. FIRST AT FIVE, A NEW $1.9 MILLION PROJECT IS TARGETING NITRATE POLLUTION IN BEAVER CREEK. THAT’S THE STREAM THAT FLOWS DIRECTLY INTO CENTRAL IOWA’S DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. AND THE STATE HOPES THIS ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Tuesday it launched a Water Quality Initiative project to reduce nitrate and other nutrient runoff in the Beaver Creek watershed, ...