Over the last half dozen years, the No-Till Farmer editors have written extensively about cover crop concerns leading to disastrous results with crop insurance rules. With the many benefits of no-till and cover crops, we certainly don’t want to see growers losing crop insurance coverage because of significant differences in rule interpretation among government and crop insurance staffers.
From November 16th, 2012 - December 15th, 2012, we asked No-Till Farmer readers: "Should eligibility for federal crop insurance be tied to conservation compliance?"
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told the Des Moines Register that a link between federal crop insurance and conservation compliance just isn't going to happen in any new farm bill to be debated after the November election.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, Gregg Sanford, Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial manager, reveals how no-till is stacking up to other major systems in year 34 of the trial.
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