Iowa's new Greater Des Moines Watershed Program boosts cover crop incentives in 22 counties, aiming to double adoption and ...

Iowa is rolling out cover crop incentives upstream of Des Moines as part of a new watershed program aimed at cutting nutrient runoff and improving water quality.

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says he wants to see the federal Conservation Reserve Program reformed “to keep working lands working,” even as the number of acres enrolled in the program for ...

Iowa is launching a new conservation program aimed at improving water quality upstream from the Des Moines metro area.

More than a decade of voluntary farm conservation programs hasn’t gotten the state far enough on water quality, the Lobe Rangers say.