Obama Calls for Farm Bill Passage
As part of his weekly radio and Internet address, President Obama on Saturday called for Congress to pass the Farm Bill. He said the ongoing drought has heightened the need for the new farm bill, which includes provisions that would assist farmers and ranchers in light of the disaster. Obama also highlighted actions already taken by his administration to open more land for emergency haying and...
Read MoreFire Fund- Deadline Extended
***Update*** The deadline for applications for assistance has been extended to August 10th. If you or someone you know were impacted by the fire and have not yet applied for assistance, please do so before August 10th. Only months after the Heartstrong Fire scorched the Yuma area, eastern Colorado went through yet another devastating fire. The Last Chance fire in Washington county...
Read MoreDrought Help For Farmers/Ranchers
The American Farm Bureau Federation on Tuesday expressed appreciation for a series of emergency actions announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to provide much-needed assistance to America’s farm and ranch families suffering from the drought gripping much of the nation. While the announcement will help many farmers and ranchers, there are areas of the United States that may...
Read MoreWanted: Century Farms
The Agriculture’s Lasting Heritage website tells the stories of America’s farm and ranch families and how century farms (in operation by the same family for more than 100 years) have helped shaped our nation’s history. Century farm families can nominate their farms for a feature on the website at http://AgriculturesLastingHeritage.org/profiles (click “Submit Your Own Profile”)....
Read MoreTransportation Bill Good for Agriculture
The recently approved, 27-month highway bill not only keeps transportation projects rolling until September 2014, it contains key provisions exempting farmers, ranchers and covered farm vehicles from several federal regulations, Andrew Walmsley, American Farm Bureau Federation transportation specialist, told Newsline. “Those farmers and ranchers who are using a farm vehicle to haul their...
Read MoreColorado a Disaster Area
President Obama today announced Colorado was officially a disaster area because of ongoing wildfires and fire threats. The move will open up assistance from FEMA and other federal agencies to help fight fires, and assist the victims. Colorado officials including Gov. Hickenlooper, and all of Colorado’s nine Congressional members, pushed for the formal declaration over the past week. They...
Read MoreLegislative Tracking 2013
