By Jacqui Fatka
Farm Progress
While speaking at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced a new partnership between the Natural Resources Conservation Service with Farmers For Soil Health, an initiative of the United Soybean Board, National Corn Growers Association and National Pork Board. The initiative has a goal of doubling the number of corn and soybean acres using cover crops to 30 million acres by 2030.