Voice your support of the COVER Act to legislators!

 

The Conservation Opportunity and Voluntary Environment Resilience Program (COVER) Act would provide farmers who plant cover crops a crop insurance discount of $5/acre, lower the long-term cost of crop insurance by making the Pandemic Cover Crop Program permanent, authorize additional funding for technical assistance in accessing the Good Steward Cover Crop Program, and create a Soil Health Pilot Program.

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NFU's endorsement from Brown, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Promote Soil Health, Support Ohio Farmers Using Cover Crops:

“Farmers and ranchers are on the front line of climate change. They need targeted, voluntary incentives to make on-farm climate action accessible,” said National Farmers Union President Rob Larew. “The COVER Act would empower farmers to apply climate-smart practices that move carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil, while building soil health for more resilient operations. We appreciate the leadership of Senator Brown and Representative Casten in introducing this bill.”

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Learn more:

• https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3478

• https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1690

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Contact Representative Derrick Van Orden on the house agriculture committee and voice your support of the COVER Act! 

• This is a map of his district to find out if you're in it

• Send him an email

• Reach his offices by phone or mail:

  • Washington DC Office, 1513 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC  20515

    • Phone: (202) 225-5506

  • La Crosse District Office, 210 7th St S, Suite 204, La Crosse, WI  54601

    • Phone: (608) 782-2558

  • Eau Claire District Office, 404 S Barstow St, Suite 2, Eau Claire, WI  54701

    • Phone: (715) 831-9214

Wisconsin Farmers Union is encouraging members to leave a public comment on the USPTO inquiry of the public’s views on the state of the experimental use exception to patent infringement

 

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, is interested in collecting the public's views on the current state of the common law experimental use exception and whether legislative action should be considered to enact a statutory experimental use exception. 

 

USPTO is also looking for answers to 8 specific questions they have provided on this topic 

 

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