Wallace Foundation for Rural Research & Development

The Wallace Foundation was formed in 1990 to enhance agricultural research and education for southwest Iowa. A donation of a 160-acre farm in Adair County by Wayne and Margaret Neely in 1994 established the Neely-Kinyon Research Farm. The farm is managed as a satellite of the Armstrong Research Farm.

Research and Demonstration

• Organic crops.  a 17-acre block of 40 quarter-acre plots is dedicated to organic research.  Plant, soil, pest, grain quality and econoic performance of organic and conventional systems are studied
• Soils. The topography of the area makes soil conservation, cropping rotation and tillage research important. There is ongoing monitoring of soil quality for the organic research study.

Facilities

• An erosion control structure and field drainage tile were installed and new fencing was also constructed.

Alternative Crops

• Research on sorghum as an alternative biomass crop is conducted.

Annual  farm progress reports of research can be accessed at
http://farms.ag.iastate.edu/content/neely-kinyon-memorial-research-and-demonstration-farm