Top story on No-TillFarmer.com — A federal grant program that helped drive cover crop and no-till adoption and other climate-focused practices has been cancelled by the Trump administration over concerns about “sky-high administration fees.” Brownsburg, Ind., no-tiller Mike Starkey tells us he’s kind of nervous about some of the recent cuts he’s seen, but it won’t stop him from doing what he’s doing.

“We’re somewhat nervous about it. We actually had a cut in our local soil water conservation district office yesterday. It’s someone that we really depended on. We’re concerned about the grants, the CSP, the CRP, EQIP, so on and so forth. Is that something that’s going to set us back for all we’ve done to improve our soils? It’s kind of nerve-wracking but we take it day by day, and we’ll somehow overcome if there’s any issues with funding regardless because I’m going to continue what I’m doing.”

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