commodity groups

Crop Insurance: A Safety Net Becomes a Threat

April 12, 2012
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
agricultural subsidies, beginning farmers, commodity groups, commodity program, commodity subsidies, commodity title, crop insurance, CRP, direct payments, Farm Bill, LSP, revenue assurance, revenue insurance, risk management, row crops, soil erosion, USDA

When it comes to the crop insurance sweepstakes, southwest Minnesota farmer Darwyn Bach is a winner. But he concedes that his good fortune presents a quandary, since the way the program is…
Denying the Science, Derailing the Solutions

December 23, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Water
commodity groups, crop rotations, cross-compliance, Lake Pepin, Land Stewardship Letter, Land Stewardship Project, Minnesota River, Mississippi River, MPCA, no-till farming, Norm Senjem, row crops, sedimentation, snirt, soil erosion, tile drainage, water quality

I talked to a Todd County farmer yesterday who uses 100 percent no-till and other conservation measures to raise his crops. Conserving soil is important to him, and so he’s quite upset…
The Anti-GIPSA Gang

November 12, 2010
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
commodity groups, GIPSA, livestock competition, livestock farmers, meat packers, NCBA, NPPC, open markets, Packers and Stockyards Act, ranchers, USDA

As you read this, meat industry lobbyists are roaming the corridors of power in D.C. wearing buttons that say, “Kill GIPSA Rule.” For those of you who aren’t up on your acronyms,…