Events

Join us for a 45-minute webinar introducing our newest and recently expanded cover crop products, designed to improve soil health, enhance productivity, and support long-term sustainability. We’ll highlight new additions to our key species, explain how our mixes work together for greater impact, and share practical guidance on where these solutions deliver the greatest value [...]

Bob and Sara Pearson grow organic corn, soybeans and oats on their farm in Kossuth County, Iowa. Sara started off with an organic vegetable farm in 2008 but gradually switched [...]

Join Jason Mauck for a deep dive into the real-world strategies reshaping profitability on large-scale row crop farms. If you're managing 1,000–5,000 acres, you already know the pressure: tighter margins, [...]

Join Ty Larson & Mac Ehrhardt as they discuss new varieties of winter barley, wheat, rye, and triticale, and how they can best be used in your rotation for grain [...]

Participants will have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with Rodale Institute’s Midwest Organic Center staff and team of Organic Consultants, and learn about our research and demonstration projects focused on organic agriculture and [...]

This event brings together farmers, advocates, and community members to explore how regenerative and sustainable farming practices can protect water quality and support healthier communities. The evening will kick off [...]

Join IOA and the Nees Family at their farm for a free field day covering their multi-generational organic row-crop farm outside Early, IA. The field day will include a tour of their organic crop fields, organic specific equipment, and a discussion on new practices that they are considering or trying on a small scale at their farm. The [...]

Join Rodale Institute’s researchers and expert staff at our annual Organic Field Day to learn the latest results of our farming trials and visit nearly 20 demonstration stations on our 386-acre experimental farm. Participants will have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with Rodale Institute experts and learn about a wide variety of research and demonstration [...]

Central Iowa farmers Caleb Akin and Noah Wendt began farming together through their partnership, A & W Farms, in 2006. They began transitioning acres to organic in 2015, drawn by the higher prices of organic crops. As they have continued to transition more of their acres, Caleb and Noah have come to appreciate opportunities to [...]