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Nutrient-Reducing Prairie Strips to Be Discussed
Iowa Ag Connection - 06/05/2020

Iowa Learning Farms will host a webinar on June 10 at noon about research on how to optimize nutrient-reducing prairie strips.

Targeted restoration of native perennial vegetation, including prairie strips, shows great promise as a nutrient reduction practice. To optimize the potential value of this practice, applied research focused on improving the chances of successful implementation, maximizing the ability to provide multiple ecological benefits, and improving cost-effectiveness is needed.

Justin Meissen, research and restoration manager at the Tallgrass Prairie Center, will give an overview of ongoing research in these areas and highlight key results from prairie reconstruction field experiments and field trials.

"As the farm bill rolls out new conservation practices like prairie strips and more farmers try prairie reconstruction for the first time, it's important that good recommendations are available to ensure farmer success," said Meissen. "Prairie reconstruction research provides the foundation for those recommendations."

prairie strips.Meissen is a researcher at the University of Northern Iowa's Tallgrass Prairie Center, and his work focuses on understanding barriers to establishment in prairie restorations, incorporating ecology and practicality in seed mix design, and methods of re-integrating native prairie vegetation in working landscapes.

To participate in the live webinar, shortly before noon on June 10: Click the following URL, or type this web address into your internet browser: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/364284172 Or, go to https://iastate.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 364 284 172. Or, join from a dial-in phone line: Dial: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923. Meeting ID: 364 284 172

The webinar will also be recorded and archived on the ILF website, so that it can be watched at any time. Archived webinars are available at https://www.iowalearningfarms.org/page/webinars.

A Certified Crop Adviser board-approved continuing education unit has been applied for, for those who are able to participate in the live webinar. Information about how to apply to receive the credit (if approved) will be provided at the end of the live webinar.

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