Farm Bureau trying to 'hoodwink' the public
Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill’s argument against linking
conservation compliance to crop insurance subsidies is based on a fallacy
(“Farmers’ Concerns Are Not Imaginary,” Feb. 5).
The centerpiece of Hill’s argument against conservation compliance is
that it would make fixing a gulley on a no-till field disruptive of field
operations because it “requires prior Natural Resources Conservation
Service approval, which is often a two- or three-day process.” That
sounded incorrect to me, so I checked with an NRCS official, and he
concurred that it is simply not true that prior approval is needed to fix
a gulley on a no-till field.
The Farm Bureau should simply acknowledge that they would like to receive
federal subsidies without obligation for conservation, rather than try to
hoodwink the public with a disingenuous argument.
— Francis Thicke, Fairfield

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