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Cover Crops Help Diminish Flood Damage

Cover crops are making impact in Cedar Rapids

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Cover Crops, Farming Practices

Black Hawk County has received nearly $500,000 from Iowa Water Quality Initiative.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Cedar Valley, Water Quality

Bioreactors taking pollution on Easter Shore farms

Tags: Bioreactors, Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Water Quality

Saturated buffers reduce nitrates in runoff from farms' tile drains.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Farming Practices

Water quality trading holds promise for helping to reduce nutrient pollution of state waters.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Water Quality

Recent Field Day addresses cover crop benefits and challenges.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Cover Crops, Field Day

Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack praises farmers and lawmakers that are working together for water quality.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Tom Vilsack, Water Quality

Article addressing the partnerships involved for the Middle Cedar Watershed Project.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Middle Cedar Partnership Project, Water Quality

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack tours Nick Meier's farm while addressing water quality.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Tom Vilsack, Water Quality

Louis and Pat Beck hosted an Iowa Learning Farms/Miller Creek Water Quality Improvement Project cover crop field day.

Tags: Black Hawk County, Cover Crops, Farming Practices, Louis Beck