Jess McCarron
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that farmers can plant beneficial cover crops without facing crop insurance penalties when bad weather prevents them from planting their crops for the season.
The Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2021 was inspired by Senator Stabenow and Senator Gary Peters’s successful effort in 2019 to give flexibility to Michigan farmers after record-setting flooding and wet weather delayed planting. Currently, crop insurance penalizes farmers for planting cover crops that can be used for livestock grazing or animal feed when farmers can’t plant their crops for the season because of bad weather. The bill will permanently lift this restrictive rule and provide certainty if farmers face poor planting conditions again thi
This opinion piece was written and submitted by Eric Adams of Rock Springs.
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This is a rebuttal to the “Please Stop Coyote Killing Contest” opinion written by Madhu Anderson.
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I know of no “coyote killing contests” in Sweetwater County. I haven’t heard of a “killing contest” for a long time; at least for coyotes. There are coyote calling contests where hunters compete in 2-3-man teams and call coyotes. A very small portion of the coyotes seen by the participating teams in any given day are harvested. Coyotes are very smart and are probably one of the wariest animals that live in Wyoming. Coyote hunting demands far more patience, focus, and persistence than many other hunting activities.