Illinois/Iowa Watershed Projects Lead the Way:
UMR Efforts Demonstrate Environmental Impact
The Mississippi River runs through the heart of America and is, in many ways, our most important river. Some 30 million Americans live in the Mississippi River basin, half of which rely on the river for drinking water.

ACWA Tile Line Bioreactor Installed
Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance (ACWA) has completed the installation of its first tile line bioreactor pilot project in Greene County in the Raccoon River watershed in central Iowa. ACWA is a group of agricultural retailers organized to reduce nutrient loss from farm fields in the Raccoon River and Des Moines River watersheds. The scope and scale of this bioreactor make it the largest known installation in the U.S.

Water Monitoring in Iowa: Collecting Data Key to Understanding Water Quality
The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) and a partner group called Agriculture’s Clean Water
Alliance are investing considerable effort in water quality monitoring in Iowa to gather data on what’s in Iowa’s streams and rivers. Roger Wolf, ISA director of Environmental Programs, says the goal is to accumulate, understand, process and use water quality monitoring data to begin the process of measurably improving water quality.

Get Soybean Information 24/7: Profit Makers Get ISA Resources Online
Farming isn’t a 9-to-5 job, so providing information about growing soybeans
shouldn’t be limited to those hours either. A new online resource puts a variety of information at your fingertips 24/7.

Guidelines To Proper Handling Of Biodiesel
Like conventional diesel fuel, biodiesel and biodiesel blends should be handled properly to ensure equipment runs well.

Row By Row
Looking Back At The 2008 Growing Searson