May 14, 2021
IARN The Iowa Soybean Association is urging the administration to act innovatively and deliberately on how agriculture can help lead the way on climate and conservation issues.
ISA President Jeff Jorgenson says the state’s soybean farmers have been incorporating conservation into competitive soybean production for more than 50 years. In a recent letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the association decided to take this innovative approach and forward-thinking to USDA as it shapes a national climate strategy.
“Iowa Soybean has an opportunity with climate and carbon credits,” Jorgenson told IARN field editor Brent Barnett. “For us as the association, we feel the carbon side of things also goes in-line with what water quality is and how we are going to be conservation farmers. All of it ties together.”