Shannon Gomes
Cedar Basin Crop Consulting, Inc.

The Iowa Soybean Association's agronomic and environmental programs have given us a way to help farmers see the impact of management changes in places and on soils similar to their own. That's why we like being involved and helping with the set-up of these trials — they give us tools that we can use to build a rapport with our clients.

It's great to be involved and see the results, and the nitrogen trials have been especially beneficial for us to see, especially when we can show farmers that they can get by with less N. Everything that we're learning along the way turns into something that an agronomist or farmer can apply on any farm across state of Iowa.

Again, when farmers can see things happening on their land, it has great impact. This is definitely a working relationship that we like, and we'd like to keep building on it.