Examining How Water Moves Across Agricultural Landscapes With Matthew Helmers

Joining us today is Matthew Helmers, the Director of the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, the Dean’s Professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University.

Since 2003, Matthew has been on the faculty of Iowa State studying how water moves across our landscape – specifically in agricultural areas of the US. Known as watershed hydrology, this area of investigation looks at how much water falls, and where it goes…

Click play to uncover:

What a watershed is, and what it tells us about the landscape as a whole.
Why slowing water down can improve crop production.
How soil quality and treatment influence the way water moves through it.
The primary function of retention ponds.
To find out more about Matthew and his work, click here now!