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The National Farmers Union officially saw Roger Johnson off into retirement late last week during a party that took place in the Farmers and Distillers Restaurant in Washington, D.C. Johnson, the NFU President for 11 years, announced back in December that he would be retiring...

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...

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...

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...

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’...

Funding for the federal government has been approved through September.  The fiscal year 2020 appropriations package recently cleared the House and the Senate.  And was signed in to law by President Trump. Highlights of the package from the Ag perspective include additional monies for disaster aid related to 2018 and 2019 natural disasters.  Funding...

After over a decade at the helm, Roger Johnson announced this week he will not seek reelection as National Farmers Union president.  His current term comes to an end in March.   “Farmers Union has been a fundamental part of my identity for my entire life, and it has been my greatest honor to serve this organization and the admirable farmers and ranchers who comprise its membership," Johnson s

According to the USDA, a final rule making changes to SNAP restores intent of the program.  However, critics said the rule could cut benefits to hundreds of thousands of recipients, and charge that the rule ignores a bipartisan agreement in the 2018 Farm Bill. The...

According to a new study published by the National Farmers Union, the average American farmer and rancher takes home 12.1 cents from every dollar that consumers spend on their Thanksgiving dinner meals.  According to the NFU’s Farmer’s Share publication, farmers receive 14.6 cents of every...

Nearly 400 National Farmers Union members are in Washington, D.C. this week as part of NFU’s annual fly-in.  Amid another year of uncertain economic conditions, farmers will meet face-to-face with members of Congress and administration officials to advocate for stronger food and agricultural policy.  NFU Pres...