Harvest Public Media: Why more farmers are planting native prairies in their crop fields

A tractor seeds a prairie strip at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center. Photo by Ethan Freese

AWESM Lab Communications

Lincoln, Neb. – A new article by Harvest Public Media explores the practice of planting native prairie within crop fields. Over the past three years, the AWESM Lab has been a part of a multi-state initiative to expand prairie strips across the Midwest.

Read the full article here: Why more farmers are planting native prairies in their crop fields

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