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IWLA continues push for conservation/insurance tie

With further funding cuts for USDA conservation programs looming larger, the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA) continues to call on Congress to make crop insurance subject to conservation compliance rules.

“That’s a conservation act that can take place that’s not going to cost anything,” says IWLA’s Brad Redlin, “and, in fact, in a worst-case scenario—should we actually see producers violate the compliance expectations—then we’re actually saving the U.S. Treasury money.”

Redline says the decision to tie conservation compliance to crop insurance should be “an easy one to make.”

AUDIO: Brad Redlin (11:57 MP3)

 

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