The conservation practices of planting prairie strips on the agricultural landscape and covering unprofitable land back to natural areas have true potential to mitigate Iowa’s soil erosion, water quality, and pollinator habitat problems. Although a number of “early adopters” have seen the long-term promise of this practice and planted prairie strips on their property, at this point widespread implementation has not yet been achieved. To get to that point, farmers will likely need a combination of incentives, and using aboveground prairie biomass as a heating fuel could be one such incentive that could make prairie strips start to make sense or more farmers.