These three crop producers see no reason why productive farming and clean water can’t co-exist. But first, we need to stop the greenwashing and get our hands dirty. (2 of 2 parts; part 1 is here)

More Information:

• Ear to the Ground 395: The Lobe Rangers

• LSP Soil Health Web Page

• LSP Myth Buster No. 68: “When Nitrogen is Gone, it Can be Forgotten”

• SARE Fact Sheet: “Cover Crops at Work: Keeping Nutrients Out of Waterways”

• Article: “A report tied Iowa’s water pollution to agriculture. Then the money to promote it mysteriously disappeared”

• Researcher’s Analysis of Nov. 2025 Iowa Farm Bureau Statement on Water Quality

• LSP Blog: The Crop Insurance Conundrum

• PNAS Paper: “The Extent of Soil Loss Across the US Corn Belt”

• ISU CARD Analysis: “Cover Crop Adoption Decelerates and No-till Area Stagnates in the I-States”