NRCS chips away at tiling disclosures
16 May 2012, 2:16 pm
At the local NRCS office (Natural Resources Conservation Services), Jerry Purdin, district conservationist, has been working his way through stacks of 1026s – a form farmers fill out to disclose their intent to undertake a new drainage project.

Conservation expected to take big hit in farm bill
14 May 2012, 3:47 pm
Jack Majeres doesn’t think producers have been doing nearly enough to conserve natural resources in the past few years.

Should conservation compliance be linked to crop insurance?
4 May 2012, 10:20 am
As Congress and agriculture prepare for a new farm bill, it appears the primary safety net will be the crop insurance program. Twenty years ago, only 20% of farmers used it, but today only 20% are not using it, which is a function of greater opportunities for indemnity payments.

Conservation expected to take big hit in farm bill - Tri-State Neighbour
14 May 2012, 3:20 pm
Redlin said the primary plank of the Izaak Walton League, though, is to keep conservation compliance in the farm programs so that the “swampbuster” and “sodbuster” provisions are there to set a basic floor for conservation practices. “We say if ...