CONSERVATION AGRONOMY

In 1993, Heartland Co-op formed their first Conservation Team. Heartland Co-op has a long past of using our financial and human capital to engage in water quality improvement efforts. In 2020, in order to meet increasing demand from our members for help in adopting conservation farming practices, we stepped up our conservation game by becoming the first cooperative in the state of Iowa to hire Conservation Agronomists to our staff. The Conservation Agronomists bring value not only to Heartland Co-op members, but to all of Iowa and the Midwest by working directly with Iowa growers to improve our adoption of conservation practices... A great example of this is our support for the use of cover crops - which can improve the water holding capacity of soil and remove excess nutrients like nitrates before the water enters the drainage system. In turn, this makes it easier and less costly for cities to treat their drinking water. Bringing this discussion closer to where we stand today,..

Primary location: West Des Moines United States