Agreement Number
NR216114XXXXG004
Awardee Name
Black Hawk SWCD
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Perennial Groundcover: A Scalable Systems Approach to Achieving Soil & Water Conservation with High-Yield, Row Crop Production in Iowa
Awardee State/Territory
Iowa
Involved States/territories
Iowa
Award Year
2021
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$100,000.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Organic matter depletion
Nutrients transported to surface water
Nutrients transported to groundwater
Conservation Practice(s)
Conservation Cover
Cover Crop
Project Background
This project addresses innovation of an NRCS conservation practice standard within the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy of the Nitrogen Management Practice of annual cover cropping. A perennial cover crop is innovative and this project will advance the field of conservation because of the reduced management requirements compared to annual cover cropping, with multiple ecosystem benefits provided by the perennial cover.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No