FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2018 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – The Farm Bill conference committee conferees today released the text of a compromise Farm Bill, largely the … Read More
Press Releases
Mid-Level Ethanol Blends Are the Transportation Fuel of the 21st Century, NFU Says
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2018 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – As Congress looks to revamp and coordinate federal-level policies that govern the transportation fuels and vehicles sectors, … Read More
GIPSA Agency Elimination a Blow to Competitive Markets for Family Farmers, NFU Says
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2018 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will be eliminating the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards … Read More
USMCA Deal Falls Short of Fair Trade Framework for Family Farmers, NFU Says
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2018 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – Officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico today signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the renegotiated trade … Read More
NFU Encouraged by Farm Bill Deal, Urges Swift Passage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 2018 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – Agriculture committee leadership today announced that they have reached an agreement in principle on the farm bill. … Read More
Henry Marks Award Winning Tractorcade MiniDoc
Farmers Receive 11 Cents of the Thanksgiving Food Dollar, NFU Farmer’s Share Shows
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2018 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202.314.3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – Farmers and ranchers take home just 11.3 cents from every dollar that consumers spend on their Thanksgiving … Read More
2017 Nebraska Wind and Solar Conference Report
2017 Nebraska Wind and Solar Conference Report The 10th Annual Nebraska Wind and Solar Conference was held November 8-9th in Lincoln at the Marriott Cornhusker Hotel. On Sunday afternoon … Read More
NeFU President John Hansen Receives the Service to Agriculture Award
Over 200 Farm, Food and Rural Groups Endorse Agribusiness Merger Moratorium Bills
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2018 WASHINGTON — Today, a broad-based coalition of 213 farm, food, rural, faith and consumer advocacy organizations delivered a letter to Congress endorsing food and … Read More


