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Iowa farmer sees culture shift toward water conservation

Cami Koons
Posted 7/20/26

MADRID – Nick Helland and his father have embraced a slew of conservation practices – bioreactors, saturated buffers, cover crops and a nutrient reducing wetland — on their farm in the Greater Des Moines Watershed.  Helland said he feels there has been a “shift in the culture” among farmers from judging one another on how […]

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