Iowa Farmer Calls on Congress to Pass ‘Climate-Smart’ Farm Bill
Editor’s note: Scott Henry, owner of LongView Farms in Nevada, IA, is a vocal advocate of climate smart agriculture (CSA). At the 2023 Tech Hub LIVE, Henry was part of a farmer panel that discussed a variety of topics, such as autonomy, data management, and implementing CSA. And just last week, Henry was interviewed by Radio Iowa about why he think Congress needs to pass a new Farm Bill that focuses on CSA. Below is an excerpt from that interview.
A central Iowa farmer is appealing to members of Iowa’s congressional delegation to develop and pass a new Farm Bill before this fall, focusing on legislation that he says is climate-smart.
Scott Henry, the owner of LongView Farms in Nevada, says farmers, consumers and the environment would all benefit from legislation that lead the transition to more sustainable food production.
Henry says, “A climate-smart Farm Bill is one that allows farmers on a voluntary basis to adopt practices such as cover crops, no-till, prescriptive farming, split applications of nitrogen and other fertilizer sources that help reduce reliance upon synthetics, whether that be through livestock integration or biologicals.”
Henry grew up on the multi-generational family farm in Story County, where he grows corn and soybeans, and raises cattle. He was in Washington, D.C. last week, meeting with Iowa’s senators and members of congress, along with House and Senate Ag Committee staff.
“For us, it’s really working towards making sure that farmers have knowledge about these tools and that those tools are available to them,” Henry says, “and to a certain extent, if there’s any incentive to help get a farmer started down that path, that would be good.”
Read more at Radio Iowa.
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