A new Nitrogen Soil Sampling Project launched this week provides field-level data to help optimize fertilizer use and benefit water quality.

This three-year project from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council (INREC) provides free nitrogen soil sampling in Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Hamilton and Webster counties this spring. The program will expand this fall to include more fields in the Boone, Des Moines, Middle Cedar and Raccoon River watersheds, supporting both on-farm profitability and long-term environmental stewardship.

Learn more and sign up online.

About INREC

INREC brings together major farm and commodity groups, agriculture retailers, agribusinesses, and crop advisors to help lead agriculture's efforts to implement and measure progress toward the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy.

The Agribusiness Association of Iowa is a member organization of INREC and INREC Executive Director Ben Gleason is a member of the AAI staff. If you have questions about this or other INREC programs, contact Ben.