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Farm Bureau Calls for Renewed, Reliable Grain Inspection Standards

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:32:31 CDT

The American Farm Bureau Federation has urged Congress to reauthorize the Grain Standards Act. South Carolina Farm Bureau President David Winkles called the act critical to ensuring the integrity and reliability of America's grain trade, in his testimony before a House Agriculture subcommittee.


"Our grain inspection system has earned worldwide recognition as being reliable and impartial," Winkles said. But U.S. grain trade was jeopardized when a labor dispute led to the shutdown of grain inspection services out of the Port of Vancouver last summer. These disruptions bring chaos to the marketplace and threaten customer relationships that have taken years to build: farmers, local businesses and consumers around the world pay the price.


Farm Bureau believes it is essential to have a contingency plan in place to ensure that official grain inspection activities still occur regardless of service disruptions. "We need to have a reliable third party inspection and grading program for emergency situations to assure both seller and buyer that every contract can be expected to be fulfilled in a timely manner," Winkles said.


   

 

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