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Bill Would Delay Conservation Compliance Penalties

The U.S. House Agricultural Appropriations Committee has approved the Fiscal Year 2016 Agricultural Appropriations legislation. The bill passed in committee on July 8 and will now move to the full House for consideration later this summer.

According to Washington D.C.-based peanut lobbyist Bob Redding, the bill includes language that prevents a producer from losing crop insurance premium assistance under the 2014 farm bill crop insurance provisions due to conservation non-compliance for the 2016 reinsurance year.

Although the bill prevents the producer from being penalized by losing crop premium assistance for the 2016 crop, it does not delay conservation compliance. The USDA will continue with the implementation of conservation compliance on crop insurance. This language simply prevents penalties from applying to the 2016 reinsurance year.

USDA will still work with producers to come back into compliance if previously deemed non-compliant. Those producers have until June 30, 2016 to come back into compliance without losing premium assistance.

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