Executive Director of Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance. Passionate about water quality and sustainable agriculture. Proud father of four. Tweets are my own.

Joined March 2015
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Secretary Naig at @pivotbio building dedication: “For the second year in a row, Iowa farmers have broken records by increasing the pace and scale of conservation practices that reduce nutrient loss and improve water quality!” @MikeNaigIA #IowaAg @IAwateralliance
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Congratulation to ⁦@Continuum_Ag⁩ Mitchell, Brian and the Hora family for their very well deserved Iowa Farm Environmental Leader award! Thanks for all you do to scale up conservation practices, and improve sustainability outcomes including soil health and water quality!
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IAWA is pleased to sponsor the Governor’s annual Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Awards for deserving farm families providing conservation leadership! ⁦@IAGovernor⁩ ⁦@IADeptAg⁩ ⁦@iowadnr⁩ ⁦@IowaStateU⁩ ⁦@IAwateralliance#IowaAg #IFELA
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Thank you, @MikeNaigIA, @IADeptAg, @iowadnr, @IowaStateU, the more than 300 partners, and the thousands of farmer environmental leaders working hard to implement conservation practices and the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy! #IowaAg #IFELA
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Secretary Naig: 3rd year in a row that Iowa has set a new record in conservation! “We know we need to do more but are confident we will reach our goals. And we’re going to continue to set conservation records in Iowa! @MikeNaigIA kicking off IFELA Awards at Iowa State Fair
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Shelly Peterson with ⁦@bloomsburyfarm⁩ talking row crops, specialty crops, Agri tourism, and conservation including cover crops on ⁦@BigShowFarm⁩ at ⁦@linncoopoilco⁩. It’s another beautiful #CleanWater Wednesday! #IowaAg
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ISA and @linncoopoilco Conservation agronomist_Evan “Collaboration are key for advancing conservation in the Middle Cedar watershed and beyond!” Heard today on @BigShowFarm
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It’s a beautiful day for a field day! Come on out to Lee Tesdell’s farm at 1:30 pm today to hear from a great lineup of speakers as we recognize the 10th anniversary of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy! 1/2 mile south of 300 NW 158th Ave. in Slater. #IowaAg @PolkCounty_Iowa
We’re out at Lee Tesdell’s farm near Slater with @BigShowFarm, talking about our last #iowadefiningdecade field day of May. Tune in now on 1040 WHO (FM)/600 WMT (AM)! @IowaAgWater
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Mike Shannon of @DucksUnlimited discussing wetlands restoration on unproductive farmland in partnership with @IADeptAg, @PolkCountyIA and @IAwateralliance. Come on out to the DMACC Farm in Dallas County today at 1:30 pm to check out Iowa’s newest wetland restoration! @DMACCNews
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Sean Patrick McMahon retweeted
Check out how Iowa is 'Defining A Decade' with the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy! There has been great progress made in 10 YEARS! #covercrops #soilhealth #waterquality @IAwateralliance @Iowastate @IADeptAg @ISUExtension @IowaSoybeans Home | IAWA (iowanrs10.com)

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Thanks to @SenJoniErnst and @ChuckGrassley and @pivotbio for hosting a very informative Farm Bill listening session in Ames this morning.
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Thank you @JohnBoozman for coming to Iowa to join @joniernst and @ChuckGrassley to hear about issues important to Iowans, including farm conservation programs. @MikeNaigIA
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USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack @SecVilsack announcing new Conservation Innovation Grants going to @IowaSoybeans, @iowa_corn and @IowaStateU, along with 29 other CIG projects through @USDA_NRCS and @IowaNRCS. @USDA #IowaAg #WaterQuality
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Sean Patrick McMahon retweeted
Did you know cover crops reduce nitrogen loads by 28-31% & phosphorus loads by 29%, on average? Also, most of Iowa's nearly 3 million cover crop acres were added in the past 5 years? And we're is just getting started!🌱#covercrops #iowadefiningdecade
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Congratulations @John_D_Lawrence for your well deserved ‘Outstanding Service to Agriculture’ award! #IowaAg @IADeptAg @MikeNaigIA @iastate_cals @IowaStateU
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Honored to speak at the @AgribusinessIA Showcase this afternoon for a soft launch of the new IOWANRS10.COM campaign highlighting progress made in the first decade of the Iowa NRS as well as remaining challenges. More to come on February 20th! #IowaAg

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Very well deserved @MikeNaigIA! Thanks for your leadership in improving #WaterQuality! @IADeptAg #IowaAg @IowaSoybeans
It was an honor to present @MikeNaigIA with Advocate for Iowa Agriculture Award on behalf of @Bayer and @IowaSoybeans. Thanks for all of your behind the scenes work you do for Iowa Farmers.
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Evan Brehm of @IowaSoybeans and @linncoopoilco discussing #ConservationAgronomists l partnering with farmers to improve profitability by increasing conservation practices and also improving #WaterQuality! #IowaAg
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Kevin Bodensteiner @verdesian Life Sciences: “We’re making a difference in water quality by getting the most out of our inputs including nutrient efficiency.” #IowaAg
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Susan Kozak @IADeptAg: Edge of field conservation drainage practices like bioreactors and saturated buffers have scaled up tremendously in the last year! #IowaAg
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