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Current House Farm Bill Fails to Meet Needs of Family Farmers NFU Opposes Current Version, Suggests Significant Improvements

2018-04-18 21:34:46| National Farmers Union

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2018 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON The U.S. House Agriculture Committee today marked up the 2018 Farm Bill, H.R. 2, sending the bill to the full U.S. House of Representatives for its consideration. National Farmers Union (NFU), the nations second largest general farm organization, opposes the legislation as […]

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NFU Appreciates House Ag Committee Work on Farm Bill, Urges Stronger Provisions for Family Farmers Amidst Financial Struggles

2018-04-12 22:53:01| National Farmers Union

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2018 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway today released the heavily anticipated text of a new Farm Bill. National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson thanked the committee for their work to put together a farm bill and encouraged Congress to work […]

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House farm bill establishes, funds FMD vaccine bank

2018-04-12 11:00:00| National Hog Farmer

An FMD outbreak in the U.S., which would prompt countries to close their markets to U.S. meat exports would cost the beef and pork industries a combined $128 billion over 10 years.

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Bipartisan House Bill exempts farms from reporting emissions

2018-03-15 17:26:06| National Hog Farmer

A bipartisan bill to exempt farmers from reporting to the U.S. Coast Guard emissions from the natural breakdown of manure on their farms yesterday was introduced in the U.S. House. The National Pork Producers Council strongly supports the legislation

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