FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – Recent efforts by the Trump Administration to weaken and eliminate important rural development work done within the … Read More
Press Releases
U.S. Should Create a Fair Trade Framework That Puts Family Farmers, Ranchers, & Rural Communities First
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – As the Trump Administration navigates a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), National Farmers … Read More
U.S. Should Create a Fair Trade Framework That Puts Family Farmers, Ranchers, & Rural Communities First
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – As the Trump Administration navigates a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), National Farmers … Read More
Organic Livestock and Poultry Rules Benefits Family Organic Producers and Consumers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – In an effort to improve the consistency and integrity of organic livestock practices and labeling, National Farmers … Read More
NFU Announces Twenty Participants for 2017-18 Beginning Farmers Institute
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – National Farmers Union (NFU) has announced twenty beginning farmers and ranchers from across the United States to … Read More
NFU Urges Immediate Adoption of Farmer Fair Practices Rules
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – The Farmer Fair Practices Rules, a set of three rules that provide very basic protections for farmers … Read More
Family Beef Producers Deserve Better From NAFTA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – On the heels of an announcement that the Trump Administration intends to renegotiate the North American Free … Read More
U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Accord Shirks Science, Neglects Devastating Impacts to Food System, Family Farms, and Future Generations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced today that the U.S. will withdraw from the historic Paris Agreement, an accord … Read More
Costco Refuses to Discuss Poultry Contracts
Costco Refuses to Discuss Poultry Contracts LINCOLN, NE. As a result of Costco’s Wholesale Corporation CEO W. Craig Jelinek failure to accept or respond to an invitation from the … Read More
President Trump’s Budget is an Assault on the Farm Safety Net and Rural Communities, NFU Says
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – President Donald J. Trump issued a detailed fiscal year 2018 federal budget proposal today, recommending drastic cuts … Read More