Research Showing Benefits of Integrating Prairie Plants in Rowcrops (IMAGE)

USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station

Research Showing Benefits of Integrating Prairie Plants in Rowcrops

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Matt Helmers, a professor in Iowa State University's Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and a principal investigator on "Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips," described how strips of prairie plants have reduced soil erosion and runoff during a tour of a soybean field near Des Moines.

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Jane Hodgins, USDA Forest Service

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