Farm Groups Urge Congressional Opposition to the EATS Act Today Farm Action Fund led 38 farmer and rancher organizations in sending a letter to Congressional Agriculture Committee leadership urging opposition […]
Farm Action Fund Questions Checkoff ROI Evaluations Cited in Congressional Resolution Today, Farm Action Fund called into question checkoff return on investment (ROI) evaluations cited by a recently introduced congressional resolution in […]
Farm Action Fund Condemns Attack on USDA’s Packers and Stockyards Act Authority in U.S. House Ag Appropriations Process Today the FY24 Agriculture Appropriations bill passed out of the U.S. House […]
102 Groups Urge Congress to Choose Farmers over Big Meat in Ag Appropriations Bill Today, 102 farmer, rancher, consumer, labor, farmworker, and faith organizations sent a letter urging the U.S. […]
Farm Action Fund Hires Marty Irby to Lobby for Checkoff Program Reform Farm Action Fund hired Marty Irby on June 1, 2023, to lobby for the inclusion of the bipartisan […]
DTN/Progressive Farmer | House Ag Funding Bill Would Block Livestock Marketing Rules Reposted from: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/ag-policy-blog/blog-post/2023/05/17/house-ag-funding-bill-block-rules As livestock producers lamented potential USDA rule changes to the Packers & Stockyards Act rules […]
Ag Appropriations Bill Aims to Kill USDA Meatpacking Competition Rulemaking The FY24 Agriculture Appropriations bill and summary released this morning by the House Appropriations Committee included a harmful provision to […]
Farmers and Ranchers Call for Checkoff Reform in Defiance of Industry Pressure on Congress Today 61 signing organizations sent a letter to the leadership of both Congressional Agriculture Committees in […]
Brownfield Ag News | Legislation Could Help Farmers Feed Communities and Customers Buy Local Food Reposted from: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/legislation-could-help-farmers-feed-communities-and-customers-buy-local-food/ Bipartisan and bicameral legislation has been introduced to update some farm bill […]
The American Prospect | Farmers Pay Big Ag to Lobby Against Them Reposted from: https://prospect.org/power/2023-04-04-big-ag-lobbies-against-farmers/ At the end of Barack Obama’s presidency, two-term Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack headed out […]
