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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gst" data-source="post: 116507" data-attributes="member: 373">From the article. Right out of the box they make an inaccurate statement. "Farmers who use government programs to help manage risk and grow their operations must also affirm that they have not planted crops in wetlands or on highly erodible land." HEL lands can be farmed and many are. Some wetlands can be farmed but not drained. You need to have a conservation plan in place which you need to certify at the FSA office. I believe if I remember right it is an ad 1026. You need to have this signed prior to purchasing crop insurance or RMA. When you sign up there is a record of what farming practices have been engaged in on these lands as to what will qualify under your conservation plan.file:///C:/Users/Tracie/Downloads/Change$%20to%20Good%20Faith%20Provi$ion%20for%20HEL%20violation$.pdfThere can also be significant penalties for noncompliance and in a day an age where satalite imagery and asshole neighbors wanting to rent your lands, most people I know don;t push the limits too much. I do know some folks that are talking about dropping out of the program altogether. "Strategy:The TRCP hosts the <a href="http://www.trcp.org/issues/agriculture/the-agriculture-and-wildlife-working-group" target="_blank">Agriculture and Wildlife Working Group </a>(AWWG), a coalition of representatives from the TRCP and the nation’s leading conservation and sportsmen organizations. The AWWG successfully advocated for priority programs in the 2014 Farm Bill; policymakers and journalists have recognized that hunting and fishing groups did more to pass the 2014 Farm Bill than many traditional farm groups" Perhaps orgs like TRCP and their "working groups" that fail to include agriculture producers at the table are part of pushing that pendelum. Just trying to provide a few facts so hopefully the typical responses do not side track a thread about the NDGF.</blockquote>

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