No, enforcement of FSA so-called rules are a joke, just lip service to show we`re fulfilling our end of the bargain. And I suppose the NRCS rules are not always practical for everyone in every situation and should have a blindeye enforcement. But years ago when older farmers that were from a generation that still followed rules were freaked out that they might tile into what was called a wetland and would make sure they stayed far away from it and and was out with their tape measure to make sure their "highly erodible land" had it`s 30% residue on top.
But today Bigshots laugh and tile right through and they don`t use the "evil" moldboard plow, they do have a chopping cornhead and come in with a diskripper in the fall that leaves a field blacker than any well covering moldboard plow that I`ve seen..."but I use a diskripper and parked the plow, I`m a conservation guy!!! Look at me!!".
True there isn`t any teeth in the conservation/production side of the farmbill bargains that were struck, but if it was that would interfere with the "cheap food" purpose of the farmbill, right?
There`s a big time no tiller that had a letter to the editor in a couple weeks back of Iowa Farmer Today that wanted to tie if you no till you get 25% additional cut on crop insurance premiums and another 25% cut if you use cover crops.
