Warning on Illegal Immigration Efforts and Ethanol's Role in Agriculture
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Washington State Dairy Farmer and President of Save Family Farming, Markus Rollinger has a warning about recent efforts to prevent illegal immigration.
Rollinger says while farmers applaud the federal government’s efforts to protect Americans, the current crackdown threatens the future of our farms and entire food system.
He says leaders on both sides of the aisle claim to champion workers’ rights yet often abandon farmworkers, pushing policies that treat them as collateral rather than humans.
**In his annual address, Renewable Fuels President and CEO Geoff Cooper highlighted ethanol’s pivotal role in American agriculture.
He outlined how ethanol can again help the farm sector thrive in the face of current economic challenges if Congress takes the right actions.
Cooper says the success of ethanol has had a profound impact on American consumers and farmers, lowering pump prices, enhancing energy independence, and bolstering rural communities.
**The Ranking Members of the Senate and House Ag Committees are pressing the Trump administration for answers on international food aid disruptions.
They’ve asked for an explanation following a stop-work order that halted the delivery and distribution of hundreds of millions of tons of American-grown food aid.
In a letter to Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins, they said, with
Food for Progress, buyers in other countries haven’t received their U.S. commodities due to this pause.
