National Ag News
OFU calls for financial incentives and policy changes to address nutrient loss
Mar 23, 2017, 16:16 PM
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The President of the Ohio Farmers Union says financial incentives and policy changes will be needed to curb nutrient loss in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Joe Logan says the next Farm Bill should include a commodity loan program that encourages farmers to adopt conservation practices.
“We think this would be amenable to dovetailing it with a buy up provision that would allow farmers that are willing to adopt additional conservation practices to buy up that loan rate and give themselves a higher safety net,” says Logan.
