Cover-crop-insurance discounts proposed

Lynn Grooms
Nov 2, 2022
Nov 2, 2022

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Fall cover-crop planting takes place in Wisconsin's Dodge County.

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No-till drill and tractor in field post corn-silage harvest

A tractor and no-till drill are paused in a field in southwestern Wisconsin. The field will be planted to a legume cover crop following corn-silage harvest.

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A diverse cover-crop mix grows in a field in Dodge County, Wisconsin.

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Unmanned-aerial vehicle seeding cover crops

An unmanned-aerial vehicle seeds cover crops in August during a Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soil Healthy Water field day.

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Lynn Grooms

Crop-insurance discounts for planting cover crops are a good sign for farmers and reflect bipartisanship in the Wisconsin State Legislature. Assembly Bill 727 – now Wisconsin Act 223 –was earlier in 2022 approved by agriculture committees in both chambers as well as the joint committee on finance. The legislation supports a program that would provide farmers $5-per-acre savings on crop-insurance premiums for planting cover crops.

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Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.