Bruce Knight

To produce a farm bill next year, I believe that farm, nutrition and conservation groups must coalesce, and Congress must move swiftly.

NRCS needs to move to use new technology

Finding new and improved ways to achieve optimum food and fiber production with a minimal environmental footprint is as much of an art as it is a science.

We need a new mindset that understands that conservation and productivity are not adversaries but partners. That means focusing our limited conservation funds on working lands.

As debate heats up on deficits and the next farm bill, there’s been considerable talk about eliminating commodity payments. That could have some serious ramifications for conservation.