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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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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...