Videos
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Soil Health Principles – Rick Haney
Grazing Cover Crops and Benefits for Livestock Operations – Gabe Brown
Soil Health Principles – Jill Clapperton
Soil Health Principles – Ray Archuleta
Soil health lessons in a minute: benefits of no-till farming
Soil health lessons in a minute: soil stability test
The Science of Soil Health: Compaction
The Science of Soil Health: What Happens When You Till?
Worms At Work – 20 Days Time Lapse Of Vermicomposting
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Cover Crops
Midwest Cover Crop Council website
Practical Farmers of Iowa website
Managing Cover Crops Profitably – download the book or order a copy
Economic Value of Cover Crops article
NRCS Cover Crop Economics Tool
Experts Talk Soil Health: NRCS
Landowners Resources
The Landowner’s Guide to Sustainable Farm Leasing
Value of Soil Erosion to the Landowner
Conservation Choices – explanation of practices from NRCS
![Alisha VanderWoude started as the soil conservationist in Allamakee County on October 29, 2018. Originally from Michigan, Alisha came to Iowa to attend Upper Iowa University where she majored in Environmental Science and […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Alisha-36x36.png "Meet our new soil conservationist: Alisha VanderWoude"){kind=small}
![A Wisconsin farmer is improving soil health and fertility on cropland he farms across the state border near Waukon, Iowa. He added winter wheat to his rotation, followed by a […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/diverse_cover_crop-36x36.png "Diverse Cover Crop Following Wheat Harvest"){kind=small}
![The Allamakee SWCD now has a small collection of books relating to the topic of soil health and how farming practice impact our soils and our world. See the descriptions […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/lending_library-36x36.png "Borrow a Book From the New Lending Library"){kind=small}
![Pictured left to right: Jim Gulliford, regional administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency; Bruce Trautman, Iowa DNR acting director; Karen, Scott, and Dylan Ness; Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds; Iowa Agriculture […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Scott_ness_Environmental_leader-36x36.png "Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award to the Scott Ness Family"){kind=small}
![Most people who have tried cover crops have likely started with cereal rye. It’s fairly easy to establish, is winter hardy, and has many benefits including scavenging nitrogen and having […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cover_crop_field_day2017-36x36.png "Cover Crops: What to plant?"){kind=small}
![When Waukon farmer Mark Stock forgot to turn half of his cover crop seeding drill back on last fall while starting a new row, he inadvertently began an experiment that […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cover_crop_strips_Stock-36x36.png "Cover Crop Seeding Mistake Leads to Great Learning Experience"){kind=small}
