retai N Conservation Districts of Iowa Iowa State University Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship retaiN seeks to give farmers the tools and information they need to make the best conservation decisions on their land starting by helping farmers test for understand and retain their ID: 764667
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retaiN Conservation Districts of IowaIowa State UniversityIowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
retaiN seeks to give farmers the tools and information they need to make the best conservation decisions on their land, starting by helping farmers test for, understand and retain their nitrogen. Simple kits make testing tile water for nitrogen easy & provide solutions for retaining nitrogen on the farm. retaiN
Kit contents: Nitrate/Nitrite Test Strips Hach.com
How N is lost Using the strips to test your water Reading your results Retaining your NPractices that retain N Practice descriptions Average reductions in the loss of NFarmer input on practices Website Log for results Notes Project supporters Kit contents: Booklet
www.retainiowa.com instructional video | contact information | resources for those distributing kits | More to come!
Feedback Simple. Anyone can do it. - Farmer Will consider changing my fertilizer application methods if numbers are high. - FarmerKit easy to carry to sites. Gives immediate results. No waiting on lab analysis. - Farmer Great conversation piece to get people talking about what is out there. -Agribusiness Personnel Built more awareness and he will make changes in nitrogen application. - Agribusiness Personnel Some even texted me pics of their samples strips. - Conservation Staff This was an excellent tool to introduce farmers within my WQI to monitoring. - Conservation Staff
Bring retai N to your state! Conservation Districts of Iowa can help you… Get retaiN started in your state with a kit, website, etc. Get a reduced cost for your retaiN program Identify partners and funders Funding requests Grant writing Don’t delay! Contact CDI today! CONTACT: Alex Schmidt Conservation Districts of Iowa Alex@AlexSchmidtLandscapeDesign.com Linda King Executive Director Conservation Districts of Iowa 515.289.8300 Linda.King@cdiowa.org www.retainiowa.com