Below is a listing of upcoming conservation field days around the state. For a complete listing of future conservation field days, click here.


Upcoming Field Days


Cover Crop Field Day

Tuesday, August 27 | 10am-12pm

Portsmouth, Iowa

Hosted by Bill Hammitt. Come see and discuss the best management practices for establishing and managing cover crops, a rainfall simulator, a cover crop drone seeding demonstration, and no-till.

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Reducing Nitrogen with Rotational Cover Cropping and Biologic Additions

Friday, August 30 | 4pm-6pm

Marengo, Iowa

Hosted by Ross McCaw of McCaw Custom Farms. Come see and discuss rotational cover crop practices using a three-year crop rotation of corn, soybean and seed rye, planting summer grazing crops after cereal rye for nitrogen fixation, nitrogen reduction trials through PFI’s Cooperators’ Program, adding compost extract or other biologics to increase soil health and quality, alternating planting times in a three-year cycle for larger harvest yields, and in-field testing of nitrogen and nitrate load using a calcium-chloride test kit.

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Transitioning Ground and Changing Generations

Tuesday, September 3 | 10am-12pm

Red Oak, Iowa

Hosted by Matt & Jocelyn Vermeersch, Maggie McQuown and Steve Turman. Come see and discuss navigating generational farm transition, collaborating for non-family farm transition, converting row crop ground to permanent pasture, grazing cover crops, and renovating old infrastructure.

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Drainage Water Recycling Field Day

Wednesday, September 4 | 5pm-7pm

Lake City, Iowa

Come see and discuss drainage water recycling, in-field data collection installations, yield and water quality research findings, and soil health.

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Cover Crop Field Day

Thursday, September 5 | 10:30am-12:30pm

Delmar, Iowa

Come see and discuss the best management practices for establishing and managing cover crops, a rainfall simulator, a cover crop drone seeding demonstration, and a soil health demonstration.  

For more information and to RSVP, click here.