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href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/isu-neely-kinyon-farm-organic-field-day-showcases-great-promise-organic-crops">ISU Neely-Kinyon Farm organic field day showcases great promise for organic crops </a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-images"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/isu-neely-kinyon-farm-organic-field-day-showcases-great-promise-organic-crops"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/news/images/ltar_delate_n-k_field_day_corn_2024_web.jpg?itok=sxDZEA5D" width="100" height="75" alt="Woman at edge of corn field speaking to group on haywagon" title="Kathleen Delate speaks to field day group at LTAR event in August. " /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">September 13, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p></p> <em>Kathleen Delate and Sabrina Ruis discuss the organic corn crop this year, which is showing great promise, despite excessive rains in May, delaying planting and weed management.</em> <p> </p></div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/leopold-center-releases-2023-annual-report">Leopold Center releases 2023 Annual Report </a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-images"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/leopold-center-releases-2023-annual-report"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/news/images/lcsa2023annualreprt.png?itok=BQp2kCcg" width="77" height="100" alt="Cover of 2023 Leopold Center report " /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">August 9, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>AMES, Iowa -- The 2023 annual report from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, released this week, reviews an active year of Leopold-supported activities and research.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/leopold-center-selects-pollinator-champion-jamie-beyer-spencer-award">Leopold Center Selects Pollinator Champion Jamie Beyer for Spencer Award </a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-images"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/leopold-center-selects-pollinator-champion-jamie-beyer-spencer-award"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/news/images/spencer_award_pic_jamiebeyer_2024_web_0.jpg?itok=Wdj3L78T" width="100" height="75" alt="Two men outdoors holding award plaque. One on left wearing blue jacket, on right, wearing reddish shirt and sunglasses" title="Jamie Beyer (left) receiving Spencer Award from Leopold Center Interim Director Stephen Dinsmore. " /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">July 15, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Jamie Beyer, an advocate for bees and conservation, has been selected as the 2024 winner of the Spencer Award, presented by the <a href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/">Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture</a> at Iowa State University. This year's award presentation is planned for the annual meeting of the Conservation Districts of Iowa, Aug. 19, in Ames. Read <a href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/files/news/files/spencer_award2024_jamiebeyer_pp_talk_awardpresentation.pdf">Beyer's comments</a> upon receiving the Spencer Award.  </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/organic-pioneer-john-reganold-presents-2024-shivvers-memorial-lecture-march-18">Organic Pioneer John Reganold presents 2024 Shivvers Memorial Lecture, March 18 </a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-images"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/organic-pioneer-john-reganold-presents-2024-shivvers-memorial-lecture-march-18"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/news/images/john_reganold_headshot_0.jpg?itok=DyOhjE6k" width="71" height="100" alt="Headshot of man in black shirt " /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">February 16, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Award-winning researcher, educator and author John Reganold, Regents Professor of Soil Science and Agroecology at the Washington State University, will present the 2024 Shivvers Lecture on March 18, at 7:30 p.m., in Room 2226 <a href="https://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/buildings/building.asp?id=14">Bessey Hall</a>, 2200 Osborn Drive, on the Iowa State University campus.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/news/calendar/shivvers">Shivvers Memorial Lecture</a>—focused on issues of sustainability, agriculture and the food system—has been presented by the LCSA at Iowa State University since 1969 in honor of John Shivvers, who farmed near Knoxville, Iowa, with support from the Shivvers Family.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/news"> All News </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="grid-3 region region-postscript-second" id="region-postscript-second"> <div class="region-inner region-postscript-second-inner"> <section class="block block-block block-2 block-block-2 odd" id="block-block-2"> <div class="block-inner clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Of Interest</h2> <div class="content clearfix"> <p>Evidence from surveys in 2022 and 2023 indicate that widespread adoption of edge-of-field (EOF) practices—such as saturated buffers, bioreactors, and water quality enhancement wetlands—is vital to achieving the goal of 45% nutrient reduction outlined in the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy. However, few farmers in the state have embraced EOF practices on their land. Read the report from a research project, <strong><a href="https://www.iowalearningfarms.org/eof-project">Decoding Iowa Farmers’ Understanding of Edge-of-Field Conservation Practices</a></strong>, conducted by the Conservation Learning Group with support from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa Nutrient Research Center and State Soil and Water Quality Committee,</p> <p>Findings from a Leopold Center-supported grant were reported in the article <a href="https://www.jswconline.org/content/early/2022/12/09/jswc.2023.00174">Cover crop mixtures versus single species: Water quality and cash crop yield</a> by Emily Waring, Mark Licht, Elizabeth Ripley, Ann Staudt, Sara Carlson and Matthew Helmers, published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (December 2022). </p> <p>A <a href="https://www.iowalearningfarms.org/files/page/files/winter_rye_effect_on_yield_final.pdf">10-year field-scale study on the effects of winter rye cover crops on corn and soybean yields</a> showed no significant impacts on cash crop yields attributable to cover crop use. 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