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NFU Concerned About COVID19s Impact On Rural Health, Finances
NFU Concerned About COVID19s Impact On Rural Health, Finances
NFU Concerned About COVID19s Impact On Rural Health, Finances
As lawmakers haggled over a $2 trillion economic stimulus package to help the U.S. overcome the coronavirus pandemic, the National Farmers Union expressed concerned about the lasting mark COVID-19 will leave on rural America. The bill approved Wednesday is the most expensive in the country’s history. It ...
Larew: NFU Will Focus On Helping Family Farms Recover
Larew: NFU Will Focus On Helping Family Farms Recover
Larew: NFU Will Focus On Helping Family Farms Recover
In early March, Rob Larew was elected President of the National Farmer Union. He said his years of working with outgoing president Roger Johnson helped train and prepare him for a smooth transition. During his first two years as head of the organization, he said NFU will focus on helping rural America get back on its feet financially ...
Farmers Union Sets Policy Priorities
Farmers Union Sets Policy Priorities
Farmers Union Sets Policy Priorities
The National Farmers Union said it’s looking for measures that will bring some certainty to the farm economy in 2020. The organization will emphasize bringing the question about agricultural certainty to presidential candidates. Newly elected NFU President Rob Larew said after the organization's annual convention, “The special orders the delegates passed to set priorities for 2020 reflected wha
NFU President Johnson Retires, Larew Elected
Earlier this week, National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson delivered his final address to the organization before retirement and the election of a new leader. After 11 years, Johnson announced his plans to retire in 2020. On Monday, delegates elected Rob Larew to succeed Johnson as the organization’s president. Patty Edelburg ...
Merkley Joins Farmers Bill Of Rights Resolution
Merkley Joins Farmers Bill Of Rights Resolution
Merkley Joins Farmers Bill Of Rights Resolution
On Monday, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley announced that he had joined several other fellow Democrats in introducing the Farmers Bill of Rights resolution.  Merkley, as well as New Jersey’s Cory Booker, and Representatives Deb Haaland and Chellie Pingree say this affirms the rights of family farmers, ranchers, and traditional agricultural communities.  The reso...
USDA Budget Cuts Not Sitting Well With Many In The Ag Community
USDA Budget Cuts Not Sitting Well With Many In The Ag Community
USDA Budget Cuts Not Sitting Well With Many In The Ag Community
With the Trump Administration proposing to cut billions of dollars from the USDA’s mandatory and discretionary funding, many in the farming community are expressing concern.  Some, like National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson have called the President’s proposal hypocritical.   “As bot...
Ag Community Reacts To Phase One Agreement
Ag Community Reacts To Phase One Agreement
Ag Community Reacts To Phase One Agreement
On Wednesday, the U.S. and China agreed to what’s known as the Phase One trade deal.  Over the next two years China will agree to purchase an estimated $80 billion worth of additional American agricultural products.  President Trump called Wednesday’s signing historic.   “We take a m...
Farmers Union Wants Improvements to USMCA
Farmers Union Wants Improvements to USMCA
Farmers Union Wants Improvements to USMCA
Last month, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that the White House and her chamber of Congress had reached an agreement on USMCA. While the National Farmers Union was happy to see an effort to update the old NAFTA, the group says that effort didn’t go far enough. They’...

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