Dairy Crisis – Paul Rozwadowski for NFFC – House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry
US Family Farmers, Ranchers and Consumers Consider NAIS a Threat
The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Dairy, Livestock and Poultry held a hearing March 11 examining implementation of NAIS. Congressional representatives failed to understand that NAIS will neither address animal disease nor food safety.
Dairy Farmers Refute Milk Price Collapse Caused by Overproduction
NFFC Dairy Subcommittee hosted a press teleconference call stating that until we deal with the reality of a broken pricing system at the CME, massive imports and corruption in our dairy cooperatives, dairy farmers will never be able to obtain fair prices that cover our cost of production.
2008 Summer and Winter Newsletters
Change is in the air: good change, bad change, generic change, political change (or not), climate change. By mid February, NFFC
will have a new president and a strategic plan that will encourage more involvement of our groups and groups’ members in the decisions and actions of NFFC. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved with NFFC during my tenure for all the support and many opportunities to learn from you and represent family farmers in many forums here in the US and around the world.
Genetic Engineering
Todd Leake for Dakota Resource Council and the Western Organization of Resource Councils – U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Domestic PolicySubcommittee Hearing – “Is the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Accounting for the Costs to Farmers From Contamination Caused by Genetically Engineered (GE) Plants?” (03.13.08)
Local Food & Nutrition
Farm to School – Emily Jackson of the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (NC) – Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing -Economic Challenges and Opportunities Facing American Agriculture Producers Today(04.24.07)
Farm Bill
House Agriculture Committee, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management (04.26.07)