Lee Tesdell stands in a prairie strip on his farm near Slater, Iowa. He grows alfalfa and Kernza, a perennial grain, raises sheep and cash rents to a neighbor who grows corn and soybeans. Over the ...

Farmers in Iowa have added “prairie strips” alongside rows of corn and soybeans to help halt serious environmental challenges inherent to farming. Prairie strips now cover some 22,000 acres in the U.S ...

AMES, Iowa – A recently awarded federal grant will help an innovative Iowa State University program expand its mission to protect soil and water quality by planting strips of native prairie on ...

PRAIRIE CITY — With small strips of native prairies, Iowa farmers can provide vital habitat for grassland birds that have diminished in numbers across the United States, according to research funded ...

Iowa land was once about 85% prairie before white settlers arrived and began farming on the state's rich soil. Now, experts estimate that the remnant prairie left is less than one percent. John ...

Join the Kane County Farm Bureau, Kane-DuPage County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Iowa State University STRIPS team for a Prairie Strips Field Day in St. Charles beginning 9 a.m. on ...

Jason Kwapil operates a combine during soybean harvesting on the Voss farm near Palo on Oct. 2. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some ...