After nine years of Congressional debates and regulatory wrangling over the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the deadlines for compliance are now in effect or rapidly…
Farm Bill Goes to Conference Committee
Members of Congress are meeting this week to negotiate which portions of the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill will make it to the final…
Tell USDA: Consumers should know where their meat comes from!
We need your public comments to close a loophole used by meatpacking corporations to import foreign beef, slap a “Product of the U.S.A” label on…
USDA Opens 2017 Hurricane and Fire Disaster Assistance Application
Signup is now open for the USDA’s 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program, or “WHIP.” The program provides agricultural producers affected by 2017’s hurricanes and wildfires…
Senate Farm Bill vote coming up quickly – call now!
The Senate will be voting on its version of the Farm Bill this week — and before the final vote, there will be a series of votes on…
FARFA Joins With Allies to Request Senate Fix to Checkoff Programs
FARFA has joined 102 farm and food organizations who are calling on the U.S. Senate to restore accountability and transparency to the commodity checkoff programs by…
Tell your Representative to vote NO on Farm Bill’s 2nd House Vote
By the end of this week, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to try a second time to pass its version of the Farm Bill,…
Tell your Senators to support small farmers in the Farm Bill
In the wake of the House’s defeat of its Farm Bill, the Senate is working on its own version of the bill. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman…
Farm Bill fights heat up!
UPDATED JUNE 18, 2018 The House Farm Bill was voted down on May 17. It is expected to be brought back up for reconsideration by June…
Farmer Poll Shows Overwhelming Opposition to Mega-Merger
Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance is working with a 50-member coalition of farm-related organizations, encouraging the Department of Justice to stop the Bayer-Monsanto merger. We helped…