Farm Bill passes
President Obama on Friday is scheduled to sign into law a new nearly $1 trillion federal farm bill that has lots of things for lots of people to love or … Read more
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House Democrats back conservation compliance
Two of Minnesota’s members of Congress — Betty McCollum of St. Paul and Keith Ellison of Minneapolis — were among more than 100 House Democrats who signed a letter this … Read more
Iowa farmers' attitudes on conservation compliance
Read a scholarly paper on Iowa farmers’ attitudes toward requiring compliance with conservation practices that protect soil and water. The article, published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, … Read more
A brief in support of conservation compliance
Conservation compliance – an effort to link federal subsidies for farmers’ crop insurance premiums to protection of wetlands and highly erodible land – is still a hot issue as Congress … Read more
Free-market think tank backs conservation compliance
Read a free-market think tank’s argument for requiring conservation compliance in any expansion of federally subsidized crop insurance. Enacting a conservation compliance provision in the now-stalled federal Farm Bill would require farmers … Read more
Celebrate, take note of Clean Water Act
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Analysis: 23 million acres converted to cropland
High crop prices and crop insurance subsidies contributed to the conversion of more than 23 million acres of grass, wetlands and other animal habitat into fields of corn, soybeans, wheat, … Read more
Conservation takes hit in House ag bill
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
The Farm Bill, conservation and crop insurance
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Conservation wins one in Senate's Farm Bill
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more