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Farm Bill Receives Massive Wave of Support
Published Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 04:53 AM
NFU President Tom Buis
As many as 557 organizations are now voicing their support for the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. They are telling members of the House and Senate to vote in support of the farm bill, a bill that carefully balances compromise and will benefit all Americans. The 557 groups signing on to a letter of support represent not just traditional commodity groups, but specialty crop, conservation, nutrition, consumer and religious organizations across the country.

NFU President Tom Buis (Buy-us) says - this broad coalition sends a loud message to Congress and to the President that America wants this farm bill passed and signed into law without further delay. Buis says - the bill benefits rural communities, urban communities and everyone in between with record increases in nutrition, conservation, specialty crop, rural development and renewable energy programs.

R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard says - sound policy and long-term certainty are absolutely essential to everyone served by the Farm Bill, and the final Conference Report provides both. Although, Bullard says - we are deeply disappointed that the Farm Bill does not contain language to prohibit the larger packers from using packer-owned cattle to artificially lower cattle prices. But, he says, the cattle industry did make significant progress in this Farm Bill - gaining our own title.

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