Farm Protection Alliance

A 501(c)3 formed for the goal of saving America's agricultural industry for the next generation of us. Reposts, likes, or comments are not endorsements.

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Local agricultural advocacy isn't easy. Every bit helps us grow and better serve America's rural producers and their communities. Keep our Treasurer busy.

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(R) Senator Mike Rounds, SD, referring to MCOOL: ""Until such time as the ag community itself has a united voice on it, it's going to be difficult to get it on the ag bill."

From the linked article: "Rounds said the nation's largest meatpackers remain opposed to mandatory labeling requirements."

Whatever, keep it up @RepHageman

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@SenateAgGOP @JohnBoozman Thoughts...

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Been mulling over the Senate draft of the Farm Bill. It has some good producer-focused language, but Congress should not call it finished until it addresses:

- Competition
- Data integrity
- Input transparency
- Checkoff accountability

There are 7 things on our current amendments wish list... 🧵

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@hinsonashley @turek4iowa So you're FOR the Save Our Bacon Act? I would love see that clarified.

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7. Expanded regional processing support, especially for small and mid-sized cattle producers.

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3. Beef checkoff reform: independent audit, contractor transparency, no laundering checkoff-funded “education” into lobbying infrastructure.

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6. Producer data rights for precision ag, USDA portals, conservation programs, crop insurance, and third-party software tools.

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2. NASS integrity reforms: response-rate transparency, methodology audits, revision explanations, report confidence bands, and staffing protections.

[Farm Protection Alliance @FarmProtectUSA]

Been mulling over the Senate draft of the Farm Bill. It has some good producer-focused language, but Congress should not call it finished until it addresses:

- Competition
- Data integrity
- Input transparency
- Checkoff accountability

There are 7 things on our current amendments wish list... 🧵

[Farm Protection Alliance @FarmProtectUSA]

1. Mandatory fertilizer price reporting, not just a USDA study about whether to recommend it.

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@SenTomCotton @JohnBoozman Of course you do...

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Almost like you can't take international seed leaders as a reliable source of info on the American farm economy.

They don't care, as long as the bills keep getting paid.

And the bills will keep getting paid. It's the ROI of their lobbying.

[RiverFarmer @SoybeansRus]

Imagine that. This has gotten so out of hand.
Farmers grow the crop.
Dairy’s produce the milk.
Ranchers raise the Beef.
Pork Farmers raise the Pork.

Corporations grow the margins.

That’s become the business model of modern agriculture. Along with most of Agriculture are living the same reality.

The people creating the value keep getting less of it. The corporations keep getting more.

[Farm Protection Alliance @FarmProtectUSA]

@jamesdecker2006 Food truck idea - the beef mystery plate. It's beef, it did in fact come from a cow. Maybe it's brisket, maybe it's something actually better. Imagine buying the $30 mystery plate and getting a ribeye... better than the lottery.

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Is the first priority to resolve the problem, or to assign blame for the problem? If it's not the former, then she needs to be replaced with an actual leader.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

beyond parody -- Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins blames Biden for screwworm

"I do think it's important to note that under the last administration not much had been done to push back"

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This stinks

[Jonathan Richie @JRichieTX]

NWS UPDATE: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency implements temporary import restrictions on livestock from Texas after the first two cases of New World Screwworm in Zavala County have been confirmed.

Affects all animals in Texas within 21 days prior to border crossing.

[Farm Protection Alliance @FarmProtectUSA]

The New World screwworm threat has exposed a deeper problem in American cattle politics. USDA should hold the animal-health line, and producers should support that caution....

But ranchers also deserve to ask why a government-created, producer-mandated checkoff system continues to strengthen organizations whose policy priorities don't always match the interests of independent beef producers.

The issue isn't whether checkoff dollars are used for “lobbying”, but whether mandatory producer money is building the influence, messaging, research, and institutional power of a trade association that too often sounds more protective of supply chains than ranch families.

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The NCBA's checkoff dollars may not legally fund lobbying, but they do help fund the ecosystem around the beef lobby.

Tell me that's not a conflict.

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Of all the things that shouldn't have even needed to be typed out...

The question is not whether trade with Mexico matters.

The question is whether American ranchers should be asked to carry added biological risk so the import pipeline can get back to normal faster.

Our answer is no.

The domestic cow herd comes first.

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No kidding?

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