The incident clearly illustrates why checkoff money shouldn’t go to any groups that lobby on agriculture policy, said Farm Action Fund’s Joe Maxwell.
Hundreds of thousands of farmers support the OFF Act, which would restore transparency and accountability to checkoff programs.
“The EATS Act is an attack on independent farmers and rural communities across the nation,” said Farm Action Fund’s Joe Maxwell.
Farm Action Fund’s Angela Huffman says the way to reform these corrupt programs is by including the OFF Act in the upcoming farm bill.
As the U.S. ag trade deficit is forecast to increase by 45%, our research shows we could balance it by converting less than .5% of farmland to high-value crops.
This catastrophic legislation would only benefit a few global corporations, said Farm Action Fund’s Joe Maxwell, and must be kept out of the 2023 Farm Bill.