Jonathan Coppess

Conservation Should Be Incentives Based, Not Mandated
Conservation Should Be Incentives Based, Not Mandated
Conservation Should Be Incentives Based, Not Mandated
Climate change as an issue in the next farm bill is already causing temperatures to rise in the nation’s capital.  But if there’s anything farm leaders agree on, it’s conservation incentives, not dictates.   “Let the innovators compete, let them go after it and do what they want, it’s not ‘one size fits all,’ it gives them a shot to do it," said former Farm Service Agency chief, Jonathan Copp
Next Farm Bill Could Face Trouble
Next Farm Bill Could Face Trouble
Next Farm Bill Could Face Trouble
A Successful Farming article says there may be trouble ahead for the upcoming Farm Bill in D.C. A former USDA official says the 2023 legislation could be in trouble if the political turbulence surrounding the last two farm bills keeps going into next year ...