…while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster…
Agri View: New Cash Crop
…are long gone. Last year, in response to a federal farm bill, two Pennsylvania state legislators introduced legislation that would reinstate hemp as a legal crop in PA. It could…
Farmers Discuss Issues at State Capitol
…and more expensive labor laws are big issues because of grower competition in our climate zone.” He noted that Farm Bureau supports the school-siting legislation—Senate Bill 313 by Bill Monning,…
AFBF Pres. Duvall Regarding Senate Voluntary GMO Labeling Vote
…Mitch McConnell scheduling this floor vote today, we will continue our fight for this vital piece of legislation, along with Senate Ag Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and others, to secure…
NCGA Disappointed with Senate Vote
…this reasonable legislation forward. This legislation would have provided consumers with a greater amount of information in a consistent, clear manner. Farmers are committed to creating greater transparency in the…
Conaway on Senate Failure to Advance GMO Labeling Legislation
…group, the Senate defeated a motion to conclude debate on legislation to establish a standard for marketing products of agricultural biotechnology. Due to these actions, interstate commerce will be severely…
Agri View: Sweet Onion Thing
…annual event in both Vidalia and nearby Glennville, Georgia, and production grew tenfold over the next decade. In 1986, Georgia’s state legislature passed legislation giving the Vidalia Onion legal status…
Citrus Fighting for Water Management Change
…of Representatives.” – California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger. Read more from CFBF. “Passage by the Senate of this legislation will be an important step toward development and enactment of…
Safeguarding California – Climate Change Implementation Action Plan for Agriculture
…wind or precipitation events), have greater water retention (providing resiliency during water scarcity) and provide nutrients to crops, among numerous other ecosystem benefits. Senate Bill 103, emergency drought legislation from…
Networking and Education at Citrus Showcase
…on investment for membership in CCM. CCM engages in matters ranging from trade, to air quality regulations, pest and disease issues, pesticide regulation, labor, water, and federal and state legislation…
NMPF Supports New Senate Food Labeling Bill Approved Today by Agriculture Committee
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today urged the full Senate to act quickly on legislation that would establish national regulations to bring consistency and transparency to the labeling of…
NFU Statement on Proposed Senate GMO Labeling Bill
In response to legislation introduced last week by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., to set up a federal GMO labeling system, National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson…
USDA Announces $58.25 Million to Protect Ag and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief…
Water Agencies Encouraged by Introduction of Senate Water Bill
…the House of Representatives and the Senate. Despite the best efforts by some in Congress, none of the legislation has been enacted, and the people of California who rely on…