These three crop producers see no reason why productive farming and clean water can’t co-exist. But first, we need to stop the greenwashing and get our hands dirty. (2 of 2 parts; part 1 is here)
More Information:
• Ear to the Ground 395: The Lobe Rangers
• LSP Soil Health Web Page
• LSP Myth Buster No. 68: “When Nitrogen is Gone, it Can be Forgotten”
• SARE Fact Sheet: “Cover Crops at Work: Keeping Nutrients Out of Waterways”
• Article: “A report tied Iowa’s water pollution to agriculture. Then the money to promote it mysteriously disappeared”
• Researcher’s Analysis of Nov. 2025 Iowa Farm Bureau Statement on Water Quality
• LSP Blog: The Crop Insurance Conundrum
• PNAS Paper: “The Extent of Soil Loss Across the US Corn Belt”
• ISU CARD Analysis: “Cover Crop Adoption Decelerates and No-till Area Stagnates in the I-States”