Brown Named to Key Panel to Negotiate Final Farm Bill
Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. |
After Failing to Pass a Comprehensive Five-Year Farm Bill for Two Consecutive Years,
"By refusing to pass a comprehensive Farm Bill, the House broke a 40-year bipartisan tradition. This approach was opposed by more than 530 agriculture, commodity, and rural development groups because they know that splitting the bill will hurt American agriculture," Brown said. "The
Last July, more than 530 agricultural and rural development organizations urged Speaker Boehner to vote on the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, a five-year, bipartisan bill the
Full text of the letter to Speaker Boehner is below.
The Honorable
Speaker of the House
H-232 The Capitol
Dear Speaker Boehner:
America's agriculture, conservation, rural development, finance, forestry, energy and crop insurance companies and organizations strongly urge you to bring the Farm Bill (H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013) back to the Floor as soon as possible. This important legislation supports our nation's farmers, ranchers, forest owners, food security, natural resources and wildlife habitats, rural communities, and the 16 million Americans whose jobs directly depend on the agriculture industry.
Farm bills represent a delicate balance between America's farm, nutrition, conservation, and other priorities, and accordingly require strong bipartisan support. It is vital for the House to try once again to bring together a broad coalition of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to provide certainty for farmers, rural America, the environment and our economy in general and pass a five-year farm bill upon returning in July. We believe that splitting the nutrition title from the rest of the bill could result in neither farm nor nutrition programs passing, and urge you to move a unified farm bill forward.
Thank you for your support. We look forward to our continued dialogue as the process moves forward and stand ready to work with you to complete passage of the new five-year Farm Bill before the current law expires again on
Sincerely,
1st Farm Credit Services
25x'25
AgChoice
AgGeorgia
AgHeritage Farm Credit Services
AgriBank
AgriLand
AgCarolina
AgCountry
AgFirst
AgPreference
AgSouth
AgTexas
Alabama
Alabama Dairy Producers
Alabama
Alabama Pork Producers
American AgCredit
American Fruit and
WAArborOne
Associated Logging Contractors -
Associated Oregon Loggers
Badgerland Financial
BioForward
Bongard's Creamery
Catfish Farmers of America
Chrisholm Trail Farm Credit
CoBank
Colonial
Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation
Connecticut United for
Cooperative Network
Dairy Farmers Working Together
Dairy Producers of
Delta Waterfowl
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Farm Credit Council Services
Farm Credit East
Farm Credit Services of America
Farm Credit Services of
Farm Credit South
Farm Credit Virginias
Farm Credit West
Farmer MacFCS of America
FCS of
FCS of East/
FCS of
FCS of
FCS of
FCS of Mid-America
FCS of
FCS of Southwest
First FCS
First South Farm Credit
FLBA of Kingsburg
Forest Products National Labor Management Committee
Fresno-
Frontier
GMO Renewable Resources
Great Plains Ag Credit
Greenstone
Hawaii Sugar Farmers
Idaho
Innovative
IowaBio
Land Improvement Contractors of America
Lula-
MassBio
MBG Marketing / The Blueberry People
MidAtlantic Farm Credit
Midwest Environmental Advocates
Minnesota Lamb & Wool Producers
Missouri Sheep Producers
National All-Jersey
National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative
National Grange
National Network of Forest Practitioners
National Sorghum Producers
Nexsteppe
North
Northeast Dairy Farmers Cooperatives
Northern California Farm Credit
Northern Forest Center
Northwest Farm Credit Services
Oregon Women in Timber
Orion the Hunter's Institute
Partners for Sustainable Pollination
Pheasants Forever
Prairie Rivers Network
Premier
Puerto Rico Farm Credit
Quail Forever
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.
South Dakota Pork Producers
Southwest
State Agriculture and Rural Leaders
Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida
Sustainable Forest Initiative
Sustainable Northwest
Tennessee Clean Water Network
Texas
Timberland Investment Resources
United Dairymen of
United FCS
U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance
Virginia Pork Industry Board
Western Pea &
The
Wildlife Forever
Wildlife
Women Involved in Farm Economics
Yankee
Yosemite
Read this original document at: http://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-named-to-key-panel-to-negotiate-final-farm-bill
Copyright: | (c) 2010 Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. |
Wordcount: | 2478 |
Advisor News
Annuity News
Health/Employee Benefits News
Life Insurance News