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 Here is a listing of links from USDA’s Risk Management Agency that pertain to prevented planting. I hope most of you folks never need these; but I know many of you might need them this year! Thanks to Desiree King from RMA for passing these along (and for all of here help in this matter). Many . . . → Read More: Prevented planting and cover crops- Risk Management Agency rules  With an abundance of prevented planting acres in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana in 2011 there is a need for cover crops to help build soil during the soil’s “idle” time. I previously wrote about which cover crops could help and focused mainly on oats and legumes. In this post I’ll mainly focus on summer annual grasses . . . → Read More: Summer annual grasses for cover crops for prevented planting acres Hey Folks, Here’s an email I received yesterday from Eliav Biton, National Wildlife Federation, who has been working diligently on the topic of cover crops with the RMA. I wanted to get it out to you right away. We’re receiving many questions about cover crop options for prevented planting acres. All, I spoke by phone with RMA today in both Springfield . . . → Read More: Update on RMA Cover Crop Decision Folks, In response to an unprecedented number of unplanted acres in the Eastern Corn Belt, the Springfield Regional RMA office has released an update to their policy requirements with regard to terminating cover crops. The former policy had the termination date set at May 15. While many areas of Indiana and Ohio were hit with 1-5″ of rain . . . → Read More: RMA Changes Policy on Cover Crops: Short Reprieve Given In 2010 there were wet spots in fields that were never planted, so some ingenious farmers planted cover crops in those spots after they dried out. Now in 2011 there are several entire fields that may not be planted to cash crops at all. I have heard from two friends in Ohio that are working on . . . → Read More: Prevented Planting Row Crop Acres – Which cover crops can help? |
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