Report: Milk Could Skyrocket To $8 A Gallon If Farm Bill Not Passed

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8. so much for the free market, huh?

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After the failure of Congress to pass a new Farm Bill before it expired on September 30 and a turbulent fall on Capitol Hill, the Farm Bill is finally taking the stage.

Sound conservation programs are vital to farmers and ranchers to ensure long-term economic and environmental benefits in agriculture. At American Farmland Trust, we are working with agricultural and conservation partners to urge Congress to relink conservation compliance to crop insurance premium subsidies. Doing so would protect against soil erosion, preserve important wetlands and protect taxpayers' investments in sound agricultural and conservation policy.

Urge Congress to keep conservation compliance in the Farm Bill. Send a letter to your Senators and Representative so they understand the importance of conservation compliance in the Farm Bill.

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Conservation Compliance must remain in the bill… we do not need deregulation in the Farm Bill

Enhanced crop insurance — The Senate legislation keeps crop insurance and includes a supplemental coverage option, which allows a producer to purchase a supplemental policy beyond an individual farm-based policy. Hoeven has opposed capping payments by 15 percent if adjusted gross income (AGI) is more than $750,000, and has favored decoupling conservation compliance from crop insurance.

“We’re hoping to keep them decoupled, but if we can’t, I’m going to try and get as much help — in terms of simplification and reducing the regulation — as I can,” he said.

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