Farm Bill and OBBB Pt 2
From the Ag Information Network, this is today’s Fruit Grower Report. Pressure to renew the farm bill, and not having to live within 2018 boundaries has been eased a bit with passage of the reconciliation bill and other pieces of recent legislation.
Northwest Horticultural Council Vice President, Riley Bushue says the One Big Beautiful Bill delivered some important help for agriculture …
BUSHUE … “We were pleased to see increased funding for market access programs, kind of for market development programs overseas. That’s been a long-running priority for us, bolstering specialty crop research and some of those other priorities are important because it’s a valuable asset for growers, especially on the trade side. And then research is a perennial thing so we need to continue those sorts of projects and work is important for growers. So, that was certainly good news to see.”
Asked if he thought a new farm bill could get done this fall, Bushue is hopeful …
BUSHUE … “Could be. We’re involved in those conversations, and we’ll see where it goes. Hopefully, Congress can kind of finish it out.”
Given all the uncertainty of the day, Bushue says don’t be afraid to reach out …
BUSHUE … “Regardless of their commodity, but certainly for apples, cherries and pears which we’re focused on, they should just touch base directly with their county FSA office. The staff there do yeoman’s work pulling all this stuff together and know the ins-and-outs of all these programs best and can help kind of guide growers through and get information from growers that they need to make this all happen.”
Again, that is Riley Bushue, Vice President at the Northwest Horticultural Council.
