David Lawstuen
Iowa’s Dairy Center
Boosting Forage Density with No-Till, Cover Crops & Manure
Members of the Northeast Iowa Dairy and Agriculture Foundation — the 2025 No-Till Innovator of the Year in the Organization category — put their latest findings under the microscope for all to see as they explore how to increase highly digestible forage density per acre. David Lawstuen, chair of Iowa’s Dairy Center, and Brodie Bushman, farm manager for Iowa’s Dairy Center, share new data from on-farm trials to show the impact of no-till, cover crops and manure applications on for- age quality.
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