American Soybean Association President Josh Gackle said the short growing season and unpredictable fall weather in his home state of North Dakota make the Treasury Department Sustainable Aviation Fuel crop requirement next to impossible for farmers in the region. Gackle said employing both no-till and cover cropping is contrary to what Mother Nature will allow. “It will create additional demand; the downside is some of the requirements might create some disparities across the country.” Gackle points to the different growing climates throughout the country as a primary reason why the one-size-fits-all guidelines don’t work. “When it comes to no-till, cover crop or complete no-till, that might work in some parts of the country but may not work as well here in the Northern Plains.”
