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.