Dick Sloan

Dick Sloan started farming in 1978, raising corn, soybeans, and hogs on his family’s farm near Brandon, Iowa.  In 2006, he and neighboring farmers formed the Lime Creek Watershed Improvement Association, working to show how crop rotations, tillage and fertilization practices can reduce nutrient loss to the environment.  Dick began growing cover crops in 2011 and now plants covers on all 700 rotated no-till crop acres he farms. He is a member of Practical Farmers of Iowa, Cedar River Watershed Coalition, an Assistant Commissioner for the Buchanan County Soil and Water Conservation District, and a partner with Iowa Learning Farms.