The House Agriculture Committee continued its review of the farm bill looking at the role of USDA programs in addressing climate change. One witness, Texas A&M Food and Agricultural Policy Center Co-Director Joe Outlaw, has a different opinion on tying climate smart practices to crop insurance program. “It should not be done: not premiums, participation nor to indemnities. The farmers we work with are worried about the long-run implications for crop insurance of tying climate smart provisions for the policy and that this will lead to regional winners and losers.” Former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp testified on behalf of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Farm and Forest Carbon Solutions Task Force. Heitkamp says carbon markets can provide an economic benefit for agricultural producers. “I think it’s important that work start as soon as possible.”
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