Iowa Corn News
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![Grower Advocates, Navigating Unprecedented Times, Push for Bipartisanship](https://www.iowacorn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ears-in-Washington-768x432.jpg)
In July 2024's Ears in Washington, Brooke Appleton discusses the NCGA's focus on continuing the movement of farm bill.
![2024 June Stewardship Advocate](https://www.iowacorn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Nitrogen-Use-Efficency-Photo-768x512.jpg)
In this month's edition of Stewardship Advocate the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, Iowa Soybean Association, and the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance are leading a statewide push toward a national cover crop goal of 30 million acres.
![Reflecting on Forward Farm Bill Movement](https://www.iowacorn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ears-in-Washington-768x432.jpg)
In June 2024's Ears in Washington Brooke Appleton discusses the forward movement on the Farm Bill.
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This month’s Stewardship Advocate is partially adapted from an article from the Illinois Corn Growers Association entitled “A Farmer’s Guide to the GREET model”. Recently, there has been a lot of information and confusion about the GREET model, especially as it relates to tax credits like 45Z and 40B.
![2024 April Stewardship Advocate](https://www.iowacorn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Nitrogen-Use-Efficency-Photo-768x512.jpg)
This month’s Stewardship Advocate features denitrifying bioreactors, a relatively new edge-of-field water treatment technology used to reduce nitrate-nitrogen in tile water coming from crop fields. Bioreactors are below-ground chambers, where tile water mixes with a high-carbon material like woodchips in a low-oxygen environment. Naturally occurring microorganisms on the wood chips consume the nitrates in the water and release it as nitrogen gas. The average bioreactor can handle up to 100 acres of upstream tile drained land. Installed bioreactors have shown up to a 54% nitrate load reduction, with an average nitrate removal of 43%.