LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan farmers may get some “flexibility” when it comes to acts of nature affecting planting season for their crops.
A bill in Lansing is designed to ensure farmers who put in cover crops such as buckwheat, ryegrass, and oats in the fall don’t face insurance penalties if bad weather halts planting. Aside from grazing, cover crops can store carbon pollution in the soil and reduce erosion and runoff.
Co-sponsored by Senators Debbie Stabenow and John Thune the Crop Flexibility Act was inspired by an effort to help Michigan farmers facing flooding cover crop planting delays two years ago.
