U.S. farm groups urge sowing on protected land as war cuts off Ukraine supply
Story Date: 3/25/2022

 

Source: successful farming, 3/23/22

Farm groups are urging the U.S. Agriculture Department to allow farmers the ability to plant on acres set aside for conservation, to help fill the absence of Ukrainian corn, wheat, and sunflower oil amid Russia’s invasion of the country. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Wednesday, seven agriculture lobbying organizations representing U.S. farmers, feed producers, grain exporters, millers, bakers, and oilseed processors asked 

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