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This session will provide remarks from each of the presenters on both current and needed approaches to federal and state policy as it pertains to soil health. This will include discussion of the connection between conservation and crop insurance, existing Natural Resources Conservation Service programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), and state-level opportunities. There will be opportunity for audience questions and discussion with the panel after their remarks. Highlights of this session include:
• The effect of soil health on general environmental and ag economic health
• Roadblocks to adoption, including farmer criticism and national policy
• Challenges over the next three decades to provide food/fiber/fuel while improving global soil health productivity
• Breaking adherence of cultural norms of present farming standards and looking at the economic impact of well-accomplished soil improvement
This presentation is part of the 2017 National Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health. Slide presentations and additional conference information is available at sare.org/covercropconference2017.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) provides grants and outreach to advance innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life. SARE is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
This session will provide remarks from each of the presenters on both current and needed approaches to federal and state policy as it pertains to soil health. This will include discussion of the connection between conservation and crop insurance, existing Natural Resources Conservation Service programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), and state-level opportunities. There will be opportunity for audience questions and discussion with the panel after their remarks. Highlights of this session include:
• The effect of soil health on general environmental and ag economic health
• Roadblocks to adoption, including farmer criticism and national policy
• Challenges over the next three decades to provide food/fiber/fuel while improving global soil health productivity
• Breaking adherence of cultural norms of present farming standards and looking at the economic impact of well-accomplished soil improvement
This presentation is part of the 2017 National Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health. Slide presentations and additional conference information is available at sare.org/covercropconference2017.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) provides grants and outreach to advance innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life. SARE is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
