National Farm Security Action Plan

This is Tim Hammerich of the Ag Information Network with your Farm of the Future Report.

This week US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins alongside other members of President Trump’s cabinet announced USDA’s National Farm Security Action Plan. Secretary Rollins said the historic plan elevates American agriculture as a key element of our nation’s national security. She summarized its seven areas of focus.

Rollins… “ The first of the seven is securing and protecting American farmland ownership, actively engaging at every level of government to take swift legislative and executive action to ban the purchase of American farmland by foreign adversaries. Also enhancing our agricultural supply chain resilience. Also protecting our US nutrition safety net from fraud and foreign exploitation. Number four, defending agricultural research and innovation. Number five, making sure that America first is in every USDA program, from farm loans to food safety. Number six, safeguarding plant and animal health. And number seven, protecting critical infrastructure from our farms and our food and our supply chains. Again, along with partners across this government here in Washington and across our states.”

Secretary Rollins said this plan “puts American farmers first” and reinforces the administration’s commitment to making sure American agriculture is “strong, secure and resilient.”