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AFBF and 532 Groups: Bring the Farm Bill Back to the House Floor
Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:57:11 CDT
The American Farm Bureau Federation helped garner a group of more than 532 organizations that today urged House leadership to bring the farm bill back to the House floor for a vote as soon as possible. The groups also urged against splitting the nutrition title from the legislation.
In a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the vast group encompassing agriculture, conservation, nutrition, rural development, finance, forestry, energy and crop insurance organizations and companies said passage of the farm bill (H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013) is vital. (Click on the link at the bottom of this story to read the entire letter and its list of signers.)
"This important legislation supports our nation's farmers, ranchers, forest owners, food security, natural resources and wildlife habitats, rural communities, and the 16 million Americans whose jobs directly depend on the agriculture industry," said the letter.
"Farm bills represent a delicate balance between America's farm, nutrition, conservation, and other priorities, and accordingly require strong bipartisan support," continued the letter. "It is vital for the House to try once again to bring together a broad coalition of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to provide certainty for farmers, rural America, the environment and our economy in general and pass a five-year farm bill upon returning in July."
The groups also stood in united support for keeping the farm bill intact. "We believe that splitting the nutrition title from the rest of the bill could result in neither farm nor nutrition programs passing, and urge you to move a unified farm bill forward." Current law expires again on September 30, 2013.
Among the Oklahoma groups signing the letter were:
American Farmers and Ranchers Mutual Insurance
Farm Credit of Central Oklahoma
Farm Credit of Enid
Farm Credit of Western Oklahoma
FCS of East/Central Oklahoma
Great Plains Canola Association
Oklahoma Agribusiness Retailers Association
Oklahoma Agricultural Cooperative Council
Oklahoma Farmers Union
Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association
Oklahoma Pork Council
Oklahoma Seed Trade Association
Oklahoma Sorghum Association
Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
06113_Coalition_Letter_to_Boehner13_0702.pdf
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