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


2024 Relay Cropping Management & Results 

Wednesday, January 15 | 12:00pm

Virtual

In the webinar, “2024 Relay Cropping Management & Results,” Alex Schaffer, senior research agronomist with the Iowa Soybean Association, will provide an overview of relay cropping of soybeans with small grains. He will draw on the results of the Iowa Soybean Association’s 2024 on-farm relay cropping trials to illustrate cover crop management factors and the outcomes of the trials. Schaffer will share scouting imagery gathered throughout the season as well as comparative economic analyses of sole crop soybeans and relay cropped soybeans. He will also highlight identified benefits and risks associated with this intensive management cropping system.

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Unlocking the Potential of Saturated Grassed Waterways for Nutrient Reduction

Thursday, January 23 | 1:00pm-2:00pm

Virtual

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Monarch and Pollinator Habitat Workshop

Thursday, February 6 | 12:00pm-2:00pm

Ames, IA

This workshop will provide an opportunity to learn more about monarchs and integrating pollinator habitat into Iowa’s landscape. The workshop will be hosted by Katherine Kral-O'Brien, Iowa State University Assistant Professor in Natural Resource Ecology and Management and leader of the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, John Pleasants, Iowa State University Adjunct Associate Professor in Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, and Dr. Jon Dahlem, Iowa State University postdoctoral research associate.

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