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NFFC quoted by the New York Times about Trump tax bill
NFFC was quoted by the New York Times in an article about the budget reconciliation bill, aka the ‘One Big Beautiful Budget Act’ that was recently passed by Congress. In the article titled “Trump’s Tax Bill Expands Farm Subsidies. Not All Farmers Will Benefit.”, Times reporter Linda Qiu explores the “stark disparity” among the farms that ...
Indianapolis Star cites National Family Farm Coalition statement on USDA reorganization
NFFC recently appeared in an Indianapolis Star article about the USDA’s decision to reduce and relocate its workforce among five different hub cities. Indianapolis was selected as one of those regional hubs. The article states: This latest relocation comes after more than 15,000 employees left the department through a deferred resignation program as part of efforts to ...
Brad Wilson: Farm welfare programs are disaster for farmers and environment
Brad Wilson, a member of Iowa CCI and former board member of NFFC, recently wrote an OpEd for theCedar Rapids-based newspaper, The Gazette. Brad sheds light on the history of farm bill subsidies and diminishing price floors. In 1996, Republicans ended price floors and called for also ending farm subsidies by 2002. Farm prices quickly crashed to ...
For June Dairy Month, Trump Should Celebrate the Canadian System Not Denounce It
The following OpEd was written by Anthony Pahnke and Jim Goodman. It originally appeared in CounterPunch. Uncertainty is nothing new for farmers. Freak weather changes and fluctuations in the market make planning for the future a gamble, never a sure thing. Dairy farmers have to deal with the additional issues of needing to keep their herds healthy ...
Civil Eats: 6 Proposed Farm Bill Changes to Watch
As one of our top Farm Bill priorities, we are excited about the Senate’s reintroduction of the LOCAL Foods Act – a common sense bill that would increase affordable access to farm fresh meats. Civil Eats took notice and included it in their food policy tracker! Livestock Owned By Communities to Advance Local (LOCAL) Food Act, introduced ...
Anthony Pahnke: Trump’s tariff policies set up farmers for bailouts and bankruptcy
Anthony Pahnke of Family Farm Defenders was recently featured by The Hill. In his opinion piece, Anthony predicts more economic hardship for US farmers due to the short-sighted nature of the Trump administration’s agricultural policies, particularly with regards to tariffs. Anthony writes: Tariffs particularly, when used along with a larger ensemble of tools such as targeted investments ...
Bipartisan Senate bill would help new farmers access farm ownership loans
The news outlet Vermont Biz reported on a bill called the Farm Ownership Improvement Act that was recently reintroduced by Senator Peter Welch (D-VT). The proposed legislation would help new farmers access farmland by improving USDA lending practices. NFFC has endorsed the Farm Ownership Improvement Act. The article includes a quote from NFFC’s senior policy analyst, Antonio ...
Kaitlyn Kimball interviewed by Civil Eats about USDA funding freeze
Kaitlyn Kimball, farmer and member of CT-NOFA, was recently interviewed by Civil Eats about the USDA funding freeze and her participation in our DC fly-in. During a busy week of farm policy events in Washington D.C. (and beyond) last week, USDA officials and staff pressed forward with business as usual, while some farmers tried to call ...
NFFC fly-in delegates interviewed by Hearst Television news
Farmers who participated in our D.C. fly-in were interviewed by Hearst TV about Trump’s new tariff threats. The news segment was broadcast by dozens of Hearst’s local news affiliates. Sarah Lloyd, Travis Anderson, and Patti Naylor each spoke to reporter Jackie DeFusco about their concerns on the impacts from the proposed tariffs. “We’re losing the backbone ...
Anthony Pahnke: Let’s Stand with Farmers of Color Once Again
Anthony Pahnke of Family Farm Defenders recently wrote an insightful OpEd for The Progressive, about the current risk, under the Trump administration, to public policies that assist farmers of color. Of particular concern is the 2501 Program, which has offered grants to underserved farmers, ranchers and foresters, since its passage in the 1990 Farm Bill. Anthony ...
Our perspectives and voices of our members in selected national and local media in the last year.