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AFBF Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Hear Clean Water Act Case

AFBF Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Hear Clean Water Act Case

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, which challenges EPA’s overreach of its Clean Water Act jurisdiction.

“AFBF is pleased that the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the important issue of what constitutes ‘Waters of the U.S.’ under the Clean Water Act. Farmers and ranchers share the goal of protecting the resources they’re entrusted with, but they shouldn’t need a team of lawyers to farm their land. We hope this case will bring more clarity to water regulations.

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Bumper Crops: Cover Crops and Nutrient Management

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Dan and Chelsea have a lot to talk about when it comes to cover crops and soil fertility. "So the plant available nutrients in the soil we can think about as being in the soil savings account. And there's only so many of them. We add to that account via fertilizer applications, crop residue breakdown, that type of thing. We remove from that savings account when we plant and harvest a crop. So with a cover crop we're not harvesting that crop necessarily, but we are allowing that cover crop to decompose on the soil surface. So we eventually get those nutrients back."