68 Farm Groups Support Checkoff Reform Bill Reintroduction
The bipartisan Opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act would support America’s farmers and ranchers by bringing transparency and accountability to USDA’s commodity checkoff programs.
The bipartisan Opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act would support America’s farmers and ranchers by bringing transparency and accountability to USDA’s commodity checkoff programs.
Farm Action Fund led a letter urging support for the Honor Farmer Contracts Act after the USDA froze or canceled funding it promised for critical farm projects.
“We have a chronic disease epidemic, and agriculture is the key to Make America Healthy Again. We look forward to partnership on this critical issue,” said Farm Action Fund Vice President Angela Huffman.
Farm Action Fund’s handbook details actionable steps for lawmakers to transform our food and farm system into one that is fair, sustainable, and healthy.
Farm Action Fund calls on the Trump-Vance administration to take on four key issues.
The Defeat EATS coalition released statements regarding the inclusion of EATS Act language in the House farm bill ahead of the bill’s markup on May 23.
This House farm bill will only help the big get bigger off the backs of America’s taxpayers, said Farm Action Fund’s Joe Maxwell.
“We have a key window of opportunity this month to push for legislation to enact meaningful food system reform,” said Farm Action Fund’s Angela Huffman.
“The Enough Is Enough Tour is a unified platform for farmers and ranchers to voice the disastrous impacts of the current system on their lives and livelihoods, and to demand reforms that bring prosperity and fair competition to agriculture,” said Farm Action Fund’s Angela Huffman.
Farm Action Fund’s Willie Cade says that repair restrictions on agricultural equipment cost farmers precious time and money.
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Farm Action Fund’s Angela Huffman testified that the Ohio beef checkoff is “failing Ohio’s cattle producers,” and called for a referendum at a public hearing.
