Model Farms Demonstration Project, A Case Study in promoting Integrated Crop Management, December 1995

(1995) Model Farms Demonstration Project, A Case Study in promoting Integrated Crop Management, December 1995. Agriculture and Land Stewardship

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Abstract

Long-term, voluntary adoption of sustainable practices requires that farmers change some of their fundamental thinking and approaches to management planning and problem solving. The Iowa Model Farms Demonstration Program (IMFDP) was designed to begin encouraging these fundamental changes by providing educational opportunities in an environment where there was continuous dialogue between the farmer and the individual providing assistance; by actively involving farmers in their on-farm decision making, by making farmers aware of what their farming practices were, and what steps were needed in order for practices to be more environmentally benign, yet maintain acceptable production and profit levels.