North Raccoon Farm to River Partnership
2015-present
Project Partners
Agriculture's Clean Water Alliance (ACWA)
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Soybean Association
Iowa Corn Growers Association
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Iowa Cattlemen's Association
Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance
Crop Production Services
Farmers Cooperative Company
West Central Cooperative
Iowa State University Extension and outreach
USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service
Sac Soil and Water Conservation District
Carroll Soil and Water Conservation District
Calhoun Soil and Water Conservation District
Practical Farmers of Iowa
About
Grant award
$936,524
Total project
$2,667,505
Description
ACWA and partners are leading a demonstration and implementation project in the North Raccoon watershed to target and showcase both in-field and edge-of-field practices that reduce nutrient loss to surface waters. The North Raccoon Farm to River Partnership project, formerly named the Elk Run project, has expanded it's coverage area in 2018 to include areas of Sac, Carroll, Greene and Calhoun Counties. The project will establish a one-on-one dialogue with farmers and landowners in the watershed to discuss opportunities to incorporate and build on conservation measures on their farms. Activities will include outreach events to highlight various technologies that significantly reduce loss of nutrients while maintaining the productive capability of cropland in the watershed.
Conservation Practices
