CRP

Buffer Initiative: It Will Help Protect Water & is Flexible Enough to Meet Farmer Needs

April 17, 2015
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Clean Water, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog, Water
CCRP, CRP, Dayton Buffer Initiative, erosion, filter strips, grazing, Land Stewardship Project, riparian, rivers, runoff, soil, streams, waterways

By George Boody Governor Mark Dayton announced in January his proposal to require an additional 125,000 acres of perennial vegetation along lakes, rivers and streams. There is a long history of utilizing…
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…
How Gov. Dayton Can Keep Pheasant Openers Part of Minnesota’s Future

October 7, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
Audrey Arner, Conservation Reserve Program, CRP, DNR wildlife management areas, farms, Gov. Dayton, Governor's Pheasant Opener, grass, grazing, hunting, Land Stewardship Project, MDA, Montevideo, Moonstone, Richard Handeen, sustainable agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grants Program, wildlife habitat, working farms conservation, working lands conservation

Minnesota’s first ever Governor’s Pheasant Opener next week couldn’t come at a better time in terms of highlighting the need for supporting working lands conservation. After Gov. Dayton has a chance to…
Erosion Down—Fingers Crossed

June 17, 2010
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
conservation, corn prices, cropland, CRP, farmland, land, National Resources Inventory, NRCS, NRI, soil erosion

The federal government’s latest assessment of how much soil is being washed and blown off our farmland contains some good news: between 1982 and 2007, erosion dropped 43 percent nationally.