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

by Iris McFarlin | AWESM Lab Communications

September 23, 2024

aerial shot of a tractor planting a prairie strip in a fallow field
A tractor seeds a prairie strip at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center.
Ethan Freese/University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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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