a. To make crop insurance more compatible with conservation practices and performance-based insurance premium discounts that reward farmers who use good soil health practices with a higher premium subsidy or an adjusted insurance premium rate.
b. To continue providing crop insurance premium discounts to farmers planting cover crops and offer new endorsement options for risk-mitigating soil health practices. (AFT). Revise RMA cover crop termination guidelines to prioritize soil health , promoting methods of crop termination such as grazing and roller crimpers over use of chemical termination of cover crops.
c. To incentivize enrollment in the Whole Farm Revenue Production (WFRP) insurance option. Insuring the whole farm revenue will include “farms with specialty or organic commodities (both crops and livestock),” which will encourage diversified farms using organic plantings, grazed livestock, agroforestry, and other conservation practices.
d. To direct USDA to provide alternatives to Actual Production History for use in calculating premium costs to help farmers adopt more diverse crop rotations.
e. To reduce and Reform FCIP Subsidies, such as those that cushion risk in an unsustainable monoculture system. Reduce subsidies that don’t provide direct conservation benefits, and expand conservation compliance provisions that require conservation practices in return for subsidies. (NRDC).
f. To help farmers meet conservation compliance requirements by better connecting them with NRCS conservation programs and resources. (AFT).
g. To use FCIP savings to offset transition to regenerative agriculture. (NRDC).