FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 8, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) today joined 282 other organizations representing farm interests, rural America, faith, … Read More
NFU Asserts Climate-Related Food Security Concerns
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 5, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson filed comments today on the United States Global Change Research … Read More
NFU Urges House Members to Vote No on TPA, Says Organization Will Be Scoring Vote
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 5, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson reminded members of the U.S. House of Representatives … Read More
NFU Hails Extension of Proposal Period for Organic Checkoff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 3, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today hailed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision … Read More
Conservation Reserve Program Sign-Up
By Daniela Silva, government relations intern, National Farmers Union Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be accepting new applications starting December … Read More
NFU Applauds Introduction of the Young Farmer Success Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 2, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today applauded the introduction of the Young … Read More
NFU Urges EPA to Adhere to RFS Volume Targets Set Forth by Congress; Says Congress Should Resist Revisiting Popular Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 1, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency … Read More
Congress Must Allow the RFS to Keep Rural America Blooming
By Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union Before the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was enacted in 2008, commodity prices had been flat for decades, investment in rural America was negligible … Read More
NFU Extremely Disappointed with Low RFS Volume Targets; Perplexed Administration Fails to Go For ‘Low Hanging Fruit’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2015 Contact: Dave Ray, 202-368-7872 dray@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (May 29, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today said he was extremely disappointed at … Read More
National Farmers Union Statement on Waters of the U.S. Final Rule
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2015 Contact: Dave Ray dray@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (May 27, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson released the following statement on today’s release of … Read More