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Agroecology & Animal Management Issue Teams of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the Iowa Cattlemen's Association
The Iowa Cattlemen's Association has teamed up with the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture to determine the impacts of managed grazing on stream ecology and water quality. This opportunity is important because of the impact that livestock management has on all of Iowa's ecosystems.
This group is examining strategies to reduce concerns about ecological damage while keeping livestock management systems unencumbered.
| Team Progress: |
| Soil & Root Sampling |
| Runoff Plot Studies |
| Streambank Erosion Studies |
| Riparian Grazing Demonstrations |
| Whole Farm Phosphorous Estimates |
Team
Members |
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| Carol Balvanz | Iowa Cattlemen's Association |
| Tom Isenhart | Department of Natural Resources Ecology & Management |
| John Kovar | National Soil Tilth Laboratory, ARS |
| Steve Mickelson | Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering |
| Wendy Powers | Department of Animal Science |
| Jim Russell | Department of Animal Science |
| Dick Schultz | Department of Natural Resources Ecology & Management |
| Emily Stauffer | Department of Natural Resources Ecology & Management |
| Imran Syed Ahmed | Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering |
| Jamie Boehm | Department of Agronomy |
| Mathew Haan | Department of Animal Science |
| George Zaimes | Department of Natural Resources Ecology & Management |
