The Midwest Cover Crops Council’s cover crop decision tool was recently updated for Iowa! This winter a group of Iowan researchers, agency staff, seed dealers, and farmers came together to provide input to Midwest Cover Crops Council to update Iowa’s data in the cover crop selector tool. The update reflects research and experience gained since the last update to Iowa’s data in 2019. Some of the changes you will see in the tool include:

Over the last few years, there’s been a big rise in questions from farmers about using drones in agriculture. Whether it’s for capturing aerial imagery during the growing season or looking into spray drones, interest is booming—and for good reason.

In this blog post, we’ll walk you through how to get started with drone technology on your farm. In future posts, we’ll dive deeper into spray drone technology and how it’s being used on more and more farms every year.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service are collaborating on a series of cover crop fact sheets for Iowa farmers interested in adopting the practice or trying new cover crops to achieve specific goals on their operation.