Former ASA president says next farm bill could tie conservation to crop insurance

Farmers are urging lawmakers to protect the safety net in the next farm bill.

Minnesota corn and soybean grower Bill Gordon, who served as president of the American Soybean Association in 2020, tells Brownfield high commodity prices aren’t here to stay.

“We’ve seen in the past those prices start to step back and we overproduce. Or that’s great for the area that has the production, but what about the drought areas that we saw (like) the Dakotas, Nebraska and Montana?

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