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Podcast: waterloop
Episode: How Relay Crops Reduce Floods And Boost Farm Profits
Description: Flooding and water quality degradation are significant challenges in Iowa's agricultural watersheds, driven by intensive farming practices and increasingly extreme weather events. Relay cropping, a regenerative farming practice, offers a solution by keeping soil covered and living roots in the ground year-round to reduce runoff and improve soil health. Plus it provides another source of revenue for farmers.Ross Evelsizer of the Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation & Development, explains how relay cropping integrates cereal grains and soybeans in a single growing season, enhancing soil structure and reducing nutrient loss. Farmers like Loran Steinlage of FLOLO Farms have pioneered...