(Radio Iowa) – A survey of Iowa farmers found 90 percent are aware of the state’s nutrient reduction strategy, which is up ten percent from the survey in 2014. Iowa State University extension sociologist J. Arbuckle wrote the Iowa Farmer Poll report.

The majority of farmers agreed more should be done to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff, that but it dropped from 84 to 74 percent. And the number of farmers concerned about agriculture’s impact on water quality also decreased by six percentage points.

Something that stayed the same in the last decade are perceived barriers to conservation. Arbuckle says this includes economic pressure and feeling like landowners are unwilling to spend money on conservation practices.