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
![There will be a free soil health workshop held Thursday, February 27 from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the Monona Community Center in Monona, Iowa. The lineup of speakers […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Soil_heath_meeting-36x36.png "February 27 Soil Health Workshop"){kind=small}
![Scholarship applications are currently available for high school seniors in Allamakee County who are planning on studying natural resources or agriculture at the collegiate level. In order to apply for the […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/scholarship-36x36.png "Scholarship applications due Feb. 28"){kind=small}
![The Allamakee SWCD/NRCS/FSA offices moved to a new location on November 25, 2019. Our new office is located at 770 11th Ave SW in Waukon, just across from the Waukon […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/New_office-36x36.png "We’ve moved!"){kind=small}
![There are many benefits to planting cover crops including reducing erosion, increasing organic matter, reducing compaction, improving nutrient cycling, and providing food for beneficial soil microorganisms. With short planting windows […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/aarik_deering_drill2-36x36.jpg "Interseeding Cover Crops"){kind=small}
![If you stop by the Waukon NRCS office, you’ll notice a few less people around. On July 31, 2019, Barb Hanson and Tom Duvel retired from the USDA-NRCS. Barb had […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/BarbTom_retired-36x36.png "Barb Hanson and Tom Duvel Retire"){kind=small}
![Earthworms are well-known, but we don’t often think about what they do for our soils. A large proportion of soil passes through the guts of earthworms. Earthworms eat microorganisms, but […]](https://allamakeeswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/worm_holes-36x36.png "Earthworm Channels"){kind=small}
