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| State Farm Bureaus Honored for Excellence |
| Seattle, WA - State Farm Bureaus were recognized for excellence in membership achievement and for implementing outstanding programs serving Farm Bureau members in 2009. American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman presented the awards during AFBF’s 91st annual meeting. |
1/13/2010 News Releases
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| Food Check-Out Week Spotlights Healthy Eating on a Budget |
| Pocatello - As the economic squeeze continues, many Americans remain concerned that the cost of a healthy diet is out of reach. However, according to an Agriculture Department study, the cost of eating healthy hasn’t changed as much as some less-healthy alternatives. Eating healthy food while on a budget does require smart shopping. |
1/7/2010 News Releases
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| Ag Groups file Supreme Court Brief in Biotech Alfalfa Case |
| Washington, D.C., - Lower courts failed to adequately consider the mountains of evidence that prove biotech alfalfa is safe, and thus those courts abandoned a well-established legal principle when they banned the planting of the crop. That is just one of the points supporting a request for the United States Supreme Court to review a case related to biotech alfalfa, according to a brief filed by several groups. |
12/9/2009 News Releases
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| Information Clearinghouse for Beginning Farmers |
| Washington, D.C., - The American Farm Bureau Federation is partnering with the Agriculture Department’s National Agricultural Library to create the National Curriculum and Training Clearinghouse for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers. The new information-sharing program will help those who have decided to pursue a career in agriculture and will help support Farm Bureau’s commitment to rural development. |
11/5/2009 News Releases
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| Idaho Agriculture Groups Endorse Monsanto Mine |
| Leaders from a broad spectrum of Idaho’s agriculture community announced support today of Monsanto’s proposed Blackfoot Bridge phosphate mine, which will allow for the continued domestic production of specialty herbicides that help farmers produce food more efficiently, and do so in an environmentally sound manner. |
9/17/2009 News Releases
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| Crop Report Bearish for Corn, Neutral for Soybeans |
| Washington, D.C., - The Agriculture Department is forecasting a record U.S. soybean crop and the second-largest corn crop ever. But thanks to tight global soybean supplies, soybean prices should be under less pressure than corn prices where the huge crop is giving a bearish tone to the market, according to Terry Francl, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation. |
9/3/2009 News Releases
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| Removing ‘Navigable’ From CWA Creates Regulatory Quicksand |
| Washington, D.C., — Legislation that would remove the word “navigable” from the Clean Water Act (CWA) and allow the Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency to regulate all interstate and intrastate waters could put farmers in “regulatory quicksand,” according to Missouri Farm Bureau President Charlie Kruse.
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7/23/2009 News Releases
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| Rushing Climate Bill Would be “Height of Folly” |
| Washington, D.C., – American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman today asked the Senate Agriculture Committee to take an active and aggressive role in the climate change debate, but cautioned committee members that rushing to pass such sweeping legislation would be a fundamental mistake. |
7/22/2009 News Releases
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| AFBF Task Force Makes Budget Recommendations |
| Washington - The federal government must learn to live within its means. That strong message was conveyed Wednesday to the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors by an internal committee created to analyze the national deficit. The AFBF committee, known as the Federal Deficit Task Force, made a set of recommendations for Farm Bureau members to consider as they formulate policy for 2010.
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7/16/2009 News Releases
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| AFBF: Climate Bill Embarks on a Fool’s Errand |
| Washington, D.C., - American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman today said that the House-passed climate legislation will have little to no impact on global temperatures. Testifying before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Stallman said without the adoption of similar actions by other countries, the U.S. “will be embarking on a fool’s errand.”
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7/14/2009 News Releases
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