Explore comprehensive resources on state water quality, conservation and management practices for Iowa farmers. Elevate your farm’s nutrient efficiency while working toward a sustainable future for Iowa agriculture.
As USDA’s premiere water quality initiative, National Water Quality Initiative provides a way to accelerate voluntary, on-farm conservation investments and focused water quality monitoring and assessment resources where they can deliver the greatest benefits for clean water.
A bioreactor is a buried trench on the edge of a farm field that is traditionally filled with woodchips. Agricultural drainage tiles outlet into the woodchips where bacteria convert tile water nitrate-nitrogen into nitrogen gas.
Farmers are taking a collaborative, comprehensive approach to improving water quality by adopting research-based conservation practices that best fit their farms.
