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J. Arbuckle—Developing Farmer Typologies to Inform Conservation Outreach in Agricultural Landscapes

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The study, which analyzed multiple years of survey data from the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, identified four types of farmers – Conservationist, Deliberative, Productivist and Traditionalist – based on different characteristics of each group.https://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/new-research-identifies-four-farmer-types-differing-perspectives-soil-and-water-conservation