Emily Buckman

Ad hoc disaster aid as a farm safety net has always been unpredictable, unreliable, and slow in arriving.  So, the American Farm Bureau says better risk management tools must be part of the 2023 Farm Bill.  The Farm Bureau says inefficient and costly disaster relief has made up nearly 80% of federal help to producers since 2018.  So, the AFBF’s Em...

The Federal Communications Commission released the National Broadband Map in November.  Emily Buckman, American Farm Bureau Federation Government Affairs Director, says the new map displays specific location-level information regarding broadband services availability, which she called a huge improvement from the census block level data that was used.  She add...

Tens of billions of dollars for agriculture hangs in the balance as lawmakers in Washington D.C. fight over the size, scope and timing of key bills intended to keep the government funded as well as expand the size of federal programs. Fights between the parties and among Democrats stand in the way of $65 billion for rural broadband, $10 billion for Ag disaster aid, and many billions more for road