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Multi-cropping Iowa
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Multi-cropping Iowa
@MultiIowa
Project aimed at diversifying and sustaining crop production in Iowa while also protecting and enhancing natural resources
Iowa, USA Beigetreten Haziran 2018
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"Flood policy is agricultural policy."
We recently brought together our partners at @IowaFloodCenter and @NEIARCD to talk with @thewaterloop on the benefits of multi-cropping in Northeast Iowa.
Here's more on our pilot project: floodcoalition.org/2023/08/afc-pi…
💧 waterloop 💧@thewaterloop
Relay cropping is a promising method farmers use to reduce nutrient runoff into waterways, as demonstrated by @FLOLOfarms. In Iowa, corn and soybeans dominate, leaving fields bare half the year and increasing nutrient loss. By growing grains like barley and rye in the same fields, farmers keep the land covered longer, reducing runoff and gaining an additional crop to sell. Thanks to @floodcoalition, @IowaFloodCenter, and @iowadnr for showcasing this innovative practice.
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Relay cropping is a promising method farmers use to reduce nutrient runoff into waterways, as demonstrated by @FLOLOfarms.
In Iowa, corn and soybeans dominate, leaving fields bare half the year and increasing nutrient loss.
By growing grains like barley and rye in the same fields, farmers keep the land covered longer, reducing runoff and gaining an additional crop to sell.
Thanks to @floodcoalition, @IowaFloodCenter, and @iowadnr for showcasing this innovative practice.
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Relays are being harvested around the area. Post a picture or video of your setup! 🌱🌾🌱🌾
Michael Loutsch@MTShopinc
Wheat harvest last week🌾 @MultiIowa @IowaSoybeans
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Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Crop Insurance Questions and Answers for Relay Intercropping and Double Cropping
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Barley: ”Oh, hello there! Who are you?”
Pea: ”Hi. I am your new crop companion.”
Barley: “How nice, I always wanted to have a friend.”
Compared to a monoculture, growing two crops in the same field offers various benefits - @jerryalford123 from #TeamLEGUMINOSE explains.
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We're looking back at some of the key projects we've worked on over the past 6 years. Here's a resource from our partners at @NEIARCD who we supports on an innovative multi-cropping project to reduce flooding on farmlands. bit.ly/3xpiseE
#AFCSixYearAnniversary
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Upcoming event in Ridgeway, Iowa on March 19th
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Cool video!!! This is the result of forward thinkers like @FLOLOfarms and great partners like @IowaSoybeans @floodcoalition and others to see real changes. Well done! 👏👏👏👏👏
IowaSoybeans@IowaSoybeans
Loran Steinlage, Leopold Conservation Award recipient, shares his experience with relay cropping and alternative cropping systems while describing how they've added benefit to his farming operation ⬇️ iasoybeans.com/newsroom/video… Partially funded by the soybean checkoff.
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Today they debuted our video - thanks to all the great folks that driven up the road featured at the beginning of the video…. Wether it be to learn or teach-
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Big Soil Health Event happening in Cedar Falls. Great lineup of speakers. Great attendance. Here we go!!!!
🌾🌱🌾🌱🌾
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Hope y’all have some good questions….
It’s been a fun ride so far…. Let’s see where it goes this time
Strip-Till Farmer@StripTillFarmr
Join @NoTillFarmr Friday, Oct. 6 at 7:00 as they broadcast live from Loran Steinlage's FLOLO Farms in West Union, Iowa, for the October harvest edition of the Ask the Operator webinar series. Register Here: ow.ly/H5Iu50PPbIT
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We filled the spot. Thanks to all that reached out. We may be able to get trials setup with others if you're interested. And if you're already doing relays (or multicropping of any kind) share your experience with us!
Multi-cropping Iowa@MultiIowa
Looking for one more participant in relay trials starting this fall. Preferred location in NW Iowa. Contact if interested!
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Looking for one more participant in relay trials starting this fall. Preferred location in NW Iowa. Contact if interested!
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@MultiIowa guess it was pre 2014 when you started the tile line stuff here ?
Thus popped up on memories this morning and is time stamped🤷🏼♂️
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@FLOLOfarms @iowadnr @15cm Yup. During a drought with temps in the 90s for long stretches. = Resilient system
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@MultiIowa annual fishing trip with @iowadnr
Word had it that the spring feeding this pool never got slower then 5gpm in 1936…. Today it was a trickle
Trout still doing their thing
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