Cattle and conservation program expands through Des Moines watershed

By: Cami Koons

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: August 18, 2026

Words: 482

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Tuesday an expansion of a popular cost-share conservation program that helps farmers convert cropland to pasture.

The program has existed since 2016 in select southwestern Iowa counties where it has helped farmers convert more than 16,000 acres of less-productive cropland into pasture. Now, with funding from the state’s “farm to faucet” program, farmers in nearly 30 Iowa counties are eligible for the Cattle …

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