The plan initially will provide enough seed to plant a total of 33.5 acres at sites in Scott, Rock, Mercer and Muscatine ...

What they're saying: The studies support native prairie restorations and encourage farmers to begin with grasses on low-productivity land or from buffer strips to existing fields.

Back in 2003, a team of scientists from Iowa State University began to study how to best introduce conservation practices into working farmland without undermining the crop productivity of the ...

The fourspotted grasshopper has a wide distribution in western grasslands. It inhabits the shortgrass, mixedgrass, desert, and bunchgrass prairies. It prefers to feed on blue grama and is commonly ...