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Collaborations

The National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

Current collaborators and projects:

AG LOGIC DISTRIBUTORS, CONRAD, IA,
  • Field Evaluation of a Humic Product for Corn-based Rotations in the Mid-latitudes
    • AMERICAN COLLOID COMPANY, HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL,
  • Field Evaluation of a Micronized Humic Product for Enhanced Corn Growth and Grain Production in Central Iowa
    • DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY, Dickinson, ND,
  • Woody Bioenergy Feedstocks from Marginal Agricultural Lands: Red Cedar Feedstock and Environmental Sustainability CFDA# 10.320
    • DRAKE UNIVERSITY, Des Moines, IA,
  • Support of Soil2018
    • ENERGY GOLDEN FIELD OFFICE, UNITED STATES DEP, GOLDEN, CO,
  • Enabling Sustainable Landscape Design for Continual Improvement of Operating Bioenergy Supply Systems
    • FOUNDATION FOR AGRONOMIC RESEARCH, Norcross, GA,
  • Coordinated Network of Sites for Studying the Impacts of 4R Nitrogen Management on Crop Production and Nutrient Loss
    • GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNITED STATES DEPT OF, Reston, VA,
  • Soil Carbon Cycle Science in Reconstructed Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystems
    • GROWMATE INTERNATIONAL LLC, Houston, TX,
  • Enhancing Crop Physiological Mitigation of Environmental Stresses Through Humic Amendments
    • IOWA AGRICULTURAL BIOFIBERS LLC, Harlan, IA,
  • Implementing Sustainable Landscape Designs for Operating Bioenergy Supply Systems
    • IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, AMES, IA,
  • Extending Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework Land Use Database
  • Integrating Soil Carbon Stabilization Concepts and Nitrogen Cycling-CFDA#10.310
  • Impacts of Cropping System Diversity and Input Reduction on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, Soil and Water Quality, and Economic Performance...
  • Cooperative Agreement on Institutional Biosafety Committee
  • Scenario Development to Achieve Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Goals
  • Woody Bioenergy Feedstocks from Marginal Agricultural Lands: Red Cedar Feedstock and Environmental Sustainability
  • Prairie Strips as a Sustainable Mitigation Strategy to Retain Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms
  • Stripping Antibiotic Resistance with STRIPS: Evaluating Prairie Buffer Strips to Mitigate Resistance Genes from Manure Amended Fields
  • Enabling Sustainable Landscape Design for Continual Improvement of Operating Bioenergy Supply Systems
  • Support and Enhancement of CEAP Databases
  • Financial Data and Users Manual for Use with the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework
    • IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLO, AMES, IA,
  • Utilizing the Iowa State University Animal Care and Use Committee
  • Effect of Manure Application Timing and Management...
  • Phosphorus Contributions from Eroding Iowa Stream Banks
  • Development and Implementation of Natural Resource Databases for Improved Resource Planning
  • Implementing Sustainable Landscape Designs for Midwestern Bioenergy Supply Systems
  • Using the ACPF to Optimize the Allocation of Scarce Conservation Funding
    • KALTENHEUSER FARMS LTD, AMES, IA,
  • Field Scale Assessment of Factors Controlling Corn and Soybean Production Efficiency
    • KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, MANHATTAN, KS,
  • Implementing Sustainable Landscape Designs for Great Plains Bioenergy Supply Systems
    • MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST LANSING, MI,
  • Developing and Promoting Water-, Nutrient-, and Climate-Smart Technologies to Help Agricultural Systems Adapt to Climate and Societal Changes
    • PERFECT BLEND LLC, BELLEVUE, WA,
  • Soil Health: Biotic Fertilizers Facilitate the Soil Biological Processes to Enhance Agricultural Efficiency
    • PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN,
  • Managing Water for Increased Resiliency of Drained Agricultural Landscapes-CFDA No. 10.310
  • CAREER: Lessons Learned from Five Years of Investment by USDA-NIFA into Climate Change and Agroecosystems
    • REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MN,
  • Developing Training and Guidance for Use of the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework
  • Woody Bioenergy Feedstocks from Marginal Agricultural Lands: Red Cedar Feedstock and Environmental Sustainability
    • SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, BROOKINGS, SD,
  • Woody Bioenergy Feedstock from Marginal Agricultural Lands: Red Cedar Feedstock Quality and Environmental Sustainability
    • STRAETER, JAMES, Rochester, IN,
  • Evaluation of an Improved Combine Head for Single-Pass Corn Stover Harvest
    • THE CLIMATE CORPORATION, San Francisco, CA,
  • Nitrification Benchtop Experiment Summary: SOP Study
    • UNITED STATES DEPT OF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON, DC,
  • Initiating the Midwest Regional Climate Hub: FY 2014
    • UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM, LITTLE ROCK, AR,
  • Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics of a Bioenergy Agroforestry System
  • Energy Partitioning, Evapotranspiration, and CO2 Exchange of the Forage Component of a Silvopasture System
    • UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE, IOWA CITY, IA,
  • Evaluation of Droplet Movement from Application Equipment Using Lidar and Micrometeorological Techniques
    • UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM, COLUMBIA, MO,
  • Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics of a Bioenergy Agroforestry System
    • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM, PLATTEVILLE, WI,
  • Crop and Water Sustainability in Upper Mississippi River Basin Agroecosystems
  • Develop and Maintain Website Providing Access and Support for the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework
    • USDA, NRCS, Washington, DC,
  • Meta-analysis of Soil Indicator Variables for the Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF)
  • Facilitating Use of the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework for Watershed- and Farm-Scale Planning