Credit, Crop Insurance and Sustainable Agriculture in Iowa
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2011-08-01
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Bruckner, Traci
Preston, Kim
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Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Leopold Center is a research and education center on the campus of Iowa State University created to identify and reduce negative environmental and social impacts of farming and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources.
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As part of a project funded by the Leopold Center, Iowa Farmers Union (IFU) and the Center for Rural A ffairs (CFRA) undertook a survey of Iowa producers, agricu ltural lenders and crop insurance agents. The purpo se was to understand each groups attitudes toward “sustain able agriculture,” and to determine the extent, if any, of discrimination against sustainable agriculture in l ending and crop insurance practices.