AFBF Calls for House Farm Bill Passage This Week
Zippy Duvall
President
Chad Smith
Associate News Service Editor, NAFB
photo credit: AFBF
Zippy Duvall
President
Chad Smith
Associate News Service Editor, NAFB
Farm Bureau is working to push the farm bill across the finish line in the House of Representatives. Chad Smith has more on why the time for passage is now.
Smith: The U.S. House of Representatives may hold a vote this week on the full farm bill, approved on a bipartisan basis in the House Agriculture Committee. American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall has been in repeated contact with lawmakers about moving this forward in the House.
Duvall: I’ve sent letters to every member of the House encouraging them to pass this Farm Bill. Farmers need the certainty that the farm bill provides. We need Congress to show farmers that they have their backs during this tough economic time.
Smith: Duvall said the House farm bill proposal makes some long-overdue changes.
Duvall: The current farm bill makes important updates in research and conservation. It also increases loan limits for farmers who are spending more because of rising expenses, and it protects interstate commerce by fixing the challenges created by California's Prop 12.
Smith: Duvall says a new, comprehensive farm bill is the only way to address many of the challenges facing U.S. farmers and ranchers.
Duvall: We appreciate the administration and Congress for addressing many immediate needs of farmers through the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, but there are several issues that can only be addressed with a new, modernized farm bill. So much has changed since the last farm bill was passed in 2018. We need updates that will ensure farmers can continue to grow the food all American families rely on.
Smith: Voice your support for the farm bill on the Advocacy page at fb.org. Chad Smith, Washington.
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