FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 14, 2015) – NFU President Roger Johnson said today that he was disappointed in the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Water spending subcommittee’s reduction of funds for renewable energy and energy efficiency from last year. “Renewable energy and energy efficiency are key … Read More
Be Very Leery of the Big Trade Deals Being Peddled This Year
By Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union The American public – rural and urban alike – need to be very leery of the rhetoric being used to sell upcoming trade deals and to insist that any agreement signed by this country has the primary goal of reducing the overall trade deficit. Trade is neither … Read More
NFU Hopeful RFS Timeline Can Restore Certainty in Biofuels Industry; Urges EPA to Stick to Statutory Target Levels
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 10, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson said today that he was hopeful the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) timeline for releasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) target levels would restore stability to an already damaged biofuels market and urged … Read More
NFU Reiterates Support for Mandatory GMO Labeling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 1, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) delegates recently reiterated their support for the mandatory federal labeling of food products containing GMO traits at its annual convention. As such, NFU opposes the voluntary standard set out in Congressman Pompeo’s, R-Kan., Safe and Accurate … Read More
NFU President Urges Consumers and Producers to Be Leery of Trade Deals, Insists All Future Trade Agreements Should Have Primary Goal of Reducing U.S. Deficit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 2, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today cautioned the American public – rural and urban alike – to be very leery of the rhetoric being used to sell upcoming trade deals and to insist that any agreement signed … Read More
NFU Reiterates Support for Mandatory GMO Labeling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 1, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) delegates recently reiterated their support for the mandatory federal labeling of food products containing GMO traits at its annual convention. As such, NFU opposes the voluntary standard set out in Congressman Pompeo’s, R-Kan., Safe and … Read More
NFU Guest Column: “The Free Trade Lemmings in Washington Are Perilously Close to the Cliff”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 1, 2015) – “Our elected officials in Washington – both Republicans and Democrats – are wandering the halls of Congress like lemmings in a sort of ‘free trade trance,’ and if they don’t come to their senses soon, we’ll all pay the … Read More
NFU Concerned by Omission of RFS from President’s Plan to Cut GHG Emissions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (March 31, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (March 31, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today expressed concern over the exclusion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in President Obama’s formal submission of a plan to the United Nations to cut United States greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution. … Read More
NFU Joins Diverse Coalition Urging Congress to Reject COOL, GIPSA Riders in 2016 Ag Appropriations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (March 30, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) joined a diverse coalition representing family farmers, ranchers, consumers and rural affairs in submitting testimony urging Congress to reject the inclusion of any policy riders in the FY2016 Agriculture Appropriations bill that would weaken or … Read More
NFU Audio: Roger Johnson on COOL
March 27, 2015 – NFU President Roger Johnson talks COOL on the heels of his testimony to the House Livestock & Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee.