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USDA pressed to ease cover crop rules as farmers struggle to plant

06/06/19 3:33 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Agriculture Department corn cover crops disaster aid John Thune President Donald Trump Richard Durbin soybeans usda
A bipartisan group of senators joined some Corn Belt farm groups in appealing to the Agriculture Department to ease restrictions on haying and grazing of cover crops that farmers will plant on acreage they were unable to sow to corn or soybeans this year.
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