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The Senate Ag Committee held a hearing on the issue of climate change and the agricultural sector.  In written testimony, National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson thanked the committee for addressing the negative effects of climate change on the agricultural industry. He ...

The U.S. trade agenda is harming farmers and with the depressed farm economy and overproduction of commodities, National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson suggests it’s time to rethink U.S. farm policy.  Johnson recently said it’s time to have an “honest conversation” on farm policy in the United States.   “This era of free t...

While trade talks continue between the U.S and China, the Trump Administration elected last week to increase existing tariffs, and add additional ones on products imported from China.  Roger Johnson, President of the National Farmers Union said this tactic has not proven successful, and has only hurt the American farmer.  ...

According to the USDA’s Economic Research Service, for every dollar American consumers spend of food, U.S. farmers earn 14.6 cents.  That marks a 17% drop since 2011, and the smallest portion of the American food dollar since ERS started collecting data in 1993.  The rema...

Many of the nation’s leading farm, conservation, and wildlife groups worked together to protect Conservation Title Funding in the 2018 Farm Bill.  Now, more than 140 of those groups are working together again to protect those hard-fought conservation funds and programs in the Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations Process.   G...

On Monday, the Trump Administration rolled out a proposed 2020 fiscal year budget, which calls for cuts to federal agencies, including the USDA, in order to increasing funding for the President’s border wall.  National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson said the proposal continues a disturbing trend of neglecting the welfare of farm families nationwide.   “...

Last week, the National Farmers Union joined the Carbon Capture Coalition in sending a letter to Congress stressing the importance of carbon capture research, development, and deployment to meet climate change goals.  NFU President Roger Johnson said carbon capture presents family farmers and rural communities opportunity to both better the environment and enhance quality of life in rural America.

The National Farmers Union’s 117th Anniversary Convention concluded Tuesday in Bellevue, WA.  More than 460 family farmers and ranchers convened in western Washington to determine policy positions for the upcoming year.  Following the convention, President Roger Johnson said this week’s event demonstrates how NFU’s strength comes from the grassroots level.   “Farmers Union mem...

Ahead of Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue’s scheduled visits to the House and Senate this week, the National Farmers Union is calling on the head of the USDA to work with Congress to make significant enhancements to the farm safety net.  NFU President Roger Johnson said the troubled farm economy if forcing more and  more American family farmers and ranchers into significant financial stress, so D.C. must

Agriculture groups heard some good things in the State of the Union speech.  However, the reactions were somewhat mixed.   Tariffs Hurt the Heartland group spokesman and former Congressman Charles Boustany reacted to President Trump asking Congress for more authority to impose tariffs through the Reciprocal Trade Act, which is currently before Congress. “The fact tha...