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Occurrences of herbicide and pesticide drift continue to increase in Iowa and across the U.S., and many organic farmers are unsure about what to do if a field or crop has been exposed to chemical drift. Unfortunately, drift can have drastic ramifications on USDA Organic Certification, with a possible loss of a certified crop and/or acres for that operation. Currently, there is little to no recourse for organic farmers when incidents of drift result in financial or certification losses for those farms.

Larry Steinbronn, an organic farmer from Waverly, Iowa, shared his personal experience of how he handled glyphosate drift claims and the successful outcomes. He also addressed the role of IDALS in drift cases, lab testing options, and guidelines, methods, and new technologies for documenting damage and loss.

In 2019 and 2020 Larry experienced chemical trespass from a neighboring farm. He shared how he used his environmental testing background along with his insurance claims experience to get restitution for each of those chemical trespass events.

Larry has been organic certified since 2018 and his organic, regenerative, no-till operation includes open pollinated corn and heirloom and ancient small grains with plans to incorporate cattle into a high intensity rotational grazing system.

Below is a list of programs available to specialty/organic producers through the Risk Management Agency (RMA) with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA):

Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) program which provides a risk management safety net for all commodities on the farm under one insurance policy for any farm with up to $17 million in insured revenue: https://www.rma.usda.gov/en/Policy-an...

Micro Farm program, improves upon WFRP for smaller producers with up to $350,000 in approved revenue: https://www.rma.usda.gov/en/Fact-Shee...

Transitional and Organic Grower Assistance (TOGA) program for agricultural producers who have crop insurance coverage on crops in transition to organic or certified organic grain and feed crops: https://www.rma.usda.gov/en/Policy-an...

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