STRIPs at Neal Smith, perennialization experiment, Central Iowa: Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairies.
The Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairies, or STRIPs at Neal Smith project, is an effort by an interdisciplinary team of researchers, educators, and farmers studying the impacts of strategically placed prairie strips within row-cropped agriculture. The project, located within the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge near Des Moines, Iowa, explores how small amounts of perennial vegetation in otherwise rowcropped systems enhance the health and diversity of Midwestern agricultural landscapes.
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