FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 6, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (May 6, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today encouraged Congress to reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act — an important tool in combatting problems caused by high concentration and vertical integration in livestock markets — and offered suggestions … Read More
NFU Encourages Support for Reauthorization of Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting; Offers Suggestions for More Accurate, Usable Data
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 6, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (May 6, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today encouraged Congress to reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act — an important tool in combatting problems caused by high concentration and vertical integration in livestock markets — and offered suggestions … Read More
NFU Action Alert: COOL on the House Floor
Next week is going to be a very tough week for popular labeling law Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL). NFU expects the bill to repeal major parts of the law to be on the House floor between Tuesday and Thursday! Please call your House member and ask them to speak against the COOL repeal bill when the … Read More
NFU Supports Clean Reauthorization of Grain Standards Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 5, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (May 5, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson this week urged the Senate to pass a clean reauthorization of the U.S. Grain Standards Act, calling the current system “the world’s gold standard.” “Today’s framework, overseen by the Federal Grain Inspection … Read More
NFU Supports Clean Reauthorization of Grain Standards Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 5, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (May 5, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson this week urged the Senate to pass a clean reauthorization of the U.S. Grain Standards Act, calling the current system “the world’s gold standard.” “Today’s framework, overseen by the Federal Grain Inspection … Read More
Agri-Pulse Guest Column: It’s Not Just Consumers in the U.S. Who Demand To Know Where Their Food Comes From
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 1, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (May 1, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson argues that regardless of the upcoming announcement from the World Trade Organization (WTO) on America’s popular labeling law – Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) – Congress needs to let the WTO process run its … Read More
Agri-Pulse Guest Column: It’s Not Just Consumers in the U.S. Who Demand To Know Where Their Food Comes From
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 1, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (May 1, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson argues that regardless of the upcoming announcement from the World Trade Organization (WTO) on America’s popular labeling law – Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) – Congress needs to let the WTO process run its … Read More
Congress Should Not Support TPA
John Hansen is president of the Nebraska Farmers Union and served as a U.S. Trade Representative trade adviser for three administrations for 14 years starting in 1994. TPA, also known as Fast Track Authority, provides the administration with trade-negotiating direction and authority while also forcing Congress to vote up or down on trade proposals without … Read More
Trade Promises Have Failed to Materialize
By Roger Noonan, president, New England Farmers Union Promises of expanded trade benefiting U.S. farmers and rural communities have been made during the debates for NAFTA, CAFTA, and the U.S.-Korean Free Trade Agreements and now the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). These benefits have failed to materialize. Instead, rural communities have been roiled by profound economic instability. … Read More
Finding Farming
By Chelsea Kruse, 2014/2015 Beginning Farmer Institute participant My name is Chelsea Kruse, I’m a member of New England Farmers Union and a student of the 2014 Beginning Farmers Institute. I grew up in a very rural and unknown corner of New Hampshire, but I have no beginning in agriculture, no familial ties into farming. My … Read More
NFU Urges Congress to Maintain Constitutional Authority by Rejecting TPA; Says TPA Fails to Address Currency Manipulation, Balance Trade Deficit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 22, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 22, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today submitted testimony to both the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, urging Congress to reject Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation that does not … Read More
NFU Urges Congress to Maintain Constitutional Authority by Rejecting TPA; Says TPA Fails to Address Currency Manipulation, Balance Trade Deficit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 22, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 22, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today submitted testimony to both the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, urging Congress to reject Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation that does not … Read More
NFU Salutes Earth Day, Family Farmers as the Original Conservationists
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 22, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today saluted Earth Day and family farmers, ranchers and fisherman for their role in protecting the earth while providing the world with a safe and abundant food supply. “America’s family farmers and … Read More
NFU Salutes Earth Day, Family Farmers as the Original Conservationists
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 22, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today saluted Earth Day and family farmers, ranchers and fisherman for their role in protecting the earth while providing the world with a safe and abundant food supply. “America’s family farmers and … Read More
NFU 2015 Policy
Click here for the PDF Policy of the National Farmers Union Enacted by delegates to the 113th anniversary convention Wichita, KS March 14-17, 2015 National Farmers Union Mission and Vision Statements Mission – To advocate for the economic and social well-being, and quality of life of family farmers, ranchers, fishermen and consumers and their communities … Read More
NFU 2015 Policy
Click here for the PDF Policy of the National Farmers Union Enacted by delegates to the 113th anniversary convention Wichita, KS March 14-17, 2015 National Farmers Union Mission and Vision Statements Mission – To advocate for the economic and social well-being, and quality of life of family farmers, ranchers, fishermen and consumers and their communities … Read More
NFU Opposes Repealing Estate Tax; Says Repeal Places Larger Tax Burden on the Family Farmer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 16, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 16, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson opposed today’s action in the U.S. House of Representatives that would repeal the estate tax, stating the move would place a larger tax burden on American family farmers and ranchers. “Repeal of … Read More
NFU Calls TPA Bill A One Way Ticket To Bigger Trade Deficits, More Lost Jobs, More Dashed Hopes of Family Farmers, Ranchers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 16, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 16, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson called the introduction of the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill today a one way ticket to bigger trade deficits, more lost jobs and more economic devastation to America’s family farmers and ranchers. … Read More
NFU Opposes Repealing Estate Tax; Says Repeal Places Larger Tax Burden on the Family Farmer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 16, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 16, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson opposed today’s action in the U.S. House of Representatives that would repeal the estate tax, stating the move would place a larger tax burden on American family farmers and ranchers. “Repeal of … Read More
NFU Calls TPA Bill A One Way Ticket To Bigger Trade Deficits, More Lost Jobs, More Dashed Hopes of Family Farmers, Ranchers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 16, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 16, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson called the introduction of the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill today a one way ticket to bigger trade deficits, more lost jobs and more economic devastation to America’s family farmers and ranchers. … Read More
NFU Disappointed by Cuts to Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 14, 2015) – NFU President Roger Johnson said today that he was disappointed in the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Water spending subcommittee’s reduction of funds for renewable energy and energy efficiency from last year. “Renewable energy and energy efficiency are key … Read More
NFU Disappointed by Cuts to Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 14, 2015) – NFU President Roger Johnson said today that he was disappointed in the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Water spending subcommittee’s reduction of funds for renewable energy and energy efficiency from last year. “Renewable energy and energy efficiency are key … Read More
Be Very Leery of the Big Trade Deals Being Peddled This Year
By Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union The American public – rural and urban alike – need to be very leery of the rhetoric being used to sell upcoming trade deals and to insist that any agreement signed by this country has the primary goal of reducing the overall trade deficit. Trade is neither … Read More
NFU Hopeful RFS Timeline Can Restore Certainty in Biofuels Industry; Urges EPA to Stick to Statutory Target Levels
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 10, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson said today that he was hopeful the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) timeline for releasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) target levels would restore stability to an already damaged biofuels market and urged … Read More
NFU Hopeful RFS Timeline Can Restore Certainty in Biofuels Industry; Urges EPA to Stick to Statutory Target Levels
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON (April 10, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson said today that he was hopeful the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) timeline for releasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) target levels would restore stability to an already damaged biofuels market and urged … Read More