Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 6/1/20

A battle over a farmer’s right to use and care for his own land is one step closer to being resolved. A determination by the director of USDA’s National Appeals Division admonishes the Natural Resources Conservation Service for failing to obey its own rules, favoring a farmer who battled NRCS for more than a decade. The decision is a welcome signal that concerns from across the countryside about NRCS conservation compliance are being heard. In 2010, the NRCS determined that Illinois farmer Kurt Wilke and his family could not maintain and farm their land...

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