Senate Farm Bill

Rolling Our Land To Death

June 8, 2012
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
conservation, corn, crop insurance, Farm Bill, land rollers, Land Stewardship Project, row crops, Senate Farm Bill, soil erosion, soybeans, stewardship, tillage

I sat in a farmhouse one afternoon last month as a hot wind lifted rich topsoil from surrounding fields. On the drive in, I’d noticed a surprising amount of rill erosion on…
Senate Farm Bill Falls Short on Conservation, Family Farm Ag

April 28, 2012
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
commodity title, crop insurance, farm policy, farm subsidies, row crop agriculture, Senate Agriculture Committee, Senate Farm Bill, soil conservation, USDA

By Adam Warthesen, Land Stewardship Project On April 26, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee passed its version of the 2012 Farm Bill by a vote of 16 to 5. The bill, which…