Ag groups are calling on the Biden administration to provide flexibility for prime farmland in the Conservation Reserve Program as the Russian/Ukraine conflict has the potential to impact global food security.
Ag economist Scott Irwin at the University of Illinois tells Brownfield Ukraine produces about 60 million acres of crops which are at risk this growing season.
“The war in Ukraine has put at risk an Iowa and Illinois sized hole in the global grain supplies—now that’s the maximum,” he explains.
