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AFBF Feels Farmers Will Get Assistance By Year’s End
AFBF Feels Farmers Will Get Assistance By Year’s End
AFBF Feels Farmers Will Get Assistance By Year’s End
American Farm Bureau Federation Director of Government Affairs RJ Layher said he is confident lawmakers will approve some form of farm disaster aid before the 118th Congress adjourns in December.  Layher added lawmakers recognize the need for both economic and natural disaster help in farm country, and the need for sooner rather than later.   “...
Ag Community Concerned About Potential Rail Strike
Ag Community Concerned About Potential Rail Strike
Ag Community Concerned About Potential Rail Strike
A threatened strike and lockout at Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway could cripple shipments of food grains, beans, potash, coal, and timber from Canada and farm and energy imports from the U.S.   “Corn, barley, oats, things like that, a lot of those products move on rail into Canada," noted American Farm Bureau economist Danny Munch.  "So, jus...
AFBF Hails Bipartisan Effort to Freeze “Flawed Wage Rate”
AFBF Hails Bipartisan Effort to Freeze “Flawed Wage Rate”
AFBF Hails Bipartisan Effort to Freeze “Flawed Wage Rate”
The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging Congress to pass legislation freezing the “flawed” 2023 Adverse Effect Wage Rate, or AEWR.  AFBF said the rate distorts labor costs for farmers across the country who hire nearly 400,000 employees through the H-2A program.   The bipartis...
Farm Bureau Leaders Graduate from Women’s Boot Camp
Farm Bureau Leaders Graduate from Women’s Boot Camp
Farm Bureau Leaders Graduate from Women’s Boot Camp
Fifteen farm and ranch women leaders graduated from the fall session of the Women’s Communication Boot Camp hosted by the American Farm Bureau.  The four-day course featured hands-on sessions related to public speaking, working with the media, and messaging.  Graduate...
AFBF Sets Farm Bill Priorities
AFBF Sets Farm Bill Priorities
AFBF Sets Farm Bill Priorities
The American Farm Bureau Federation is out with its priorities in the 2023 Farm Bill.  AFBF President Zippy Duvall said tops of the list maintaining program funding.   “The farm bill funding is an investment in some of the most fundamental elements of a strong country, one being a strong food supply.   The Farm Bill has...
NCBA Supports Livestock Regulatory Protection Act
NCBA Supports Livestock Regulatory Protection Act
NCBA Supports Livestock Regulatory Protection Act
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association voiced support last week to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee regarding the Livestock Regulatory Protection Act.  During a committee hearing, NCBA Chief Counsel Mary-Thomas Hart told lawmakers, “NCBA strongly supports the Livestock Regulatory Protection Act, which protects farmers and ranchers from onerous regulation.” The legislatio... Rea
Court Grants Coalition Intervention in Gray Wolf Lawsuit
Court Grants Coalition Intervention in Gray Wolf Lawsuit
Court Grants Coalition Intervention in Gray Wolf Lawsuit
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the American Farm Bureau, and other members of a coalition applauded an appeals court decision allowing intervention in a case regarding gray wolves.  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will allow the coalition to intervene in the Defenders of Wildlife versus the U.S. Fish and Wil...

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