Fattires - 4/3/2024 19:33

Has anyone else heard about this program? You submit your field maps to FBN and they look at satellite imagery to verify forest hasn't been cleared to plant crops since the end of 2020. Supposedly this lets them meet European requirements for importation. All this stems from the idea of anthropogenic climate change and the policy surrounding it.
Initially the communication made it sound like a voluntary program to get a 20 cent premium, however now the location I deal with will only be taking these "deforestation free" beans. You will not be able to sell them beans at all after Sep 1st if you do not participate in the program by submitting field maps.
I surely can't be the only one who thinks this is crazy? I had liked doing business with my closest ADM location as the customer service was very good but this is making me think that I'll sell somewhere else if possible, I hate the idea of giving FBN my data after I had a poor experience with them in the past.
Details are at
https://admadvantage.com/adm-resource/