JUNE 14, 2024 | VOLUME 27 | ISSUE 12
Farm Bureau Press A PEEK INSIDE
SENATE AG REPUBLICAN FRAMEWORK FOR FARM BILL RELEASED U.S. Sen. John Boozman, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released a framework for the next farm bill that modernizes the farm safety net, facilitates access to overseas markets, and makes an historic investment in conservation and nutrition programs. Several Farm Bureau priority issues are addressed in the framework, including: • Increased statutory reference prices for every covered commodity by an average of 15% and enhancement of the effective reference price escalator
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• Allows under-based and beginning farmers to create base • Modernizes Dairy Margin Coverage by allowing farms to update production history • Increases conservation funding and focuses on working lands programs • Doubles funding for the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development Program • Creates a new risk management tools for poultry growers
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Read the framework for more details. The framework builds on the farm bill recently passed out of the House Agriculture Committee with bipartisan support, and Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) release of Senate Democrats’ priorities. “We are excited to see the framework presented by Sen. John Boozman and the Senate Republicans,” said ArFB President Dan Wright. We appreciate the Senator and his staff’s commitment to this important work. We believe this proposal delivers what we have asked for, which is more “farm” in the farm bill.” “This framework outlines the need for a modern safety net that reflects the risks of meeting the demands of feeding our nation and much of the world.” “We look forward to working with the Arkansas delegation and the rest of Congress to get a farm bill passed this year, and bringing some certainty to Arkansas agriculture and the farmers and ranchers of this great country.”
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