NFU; Consolidation in Beef Industry, Farm Bill Priorities

President Trump has acknowledged growing consolidation in agriculture, particularly on the cattle packing side. National Farmers Union Vice President Jeff Kippley.

“Well, this is something we've been on for a long time and it's great to finally get the attention of the administration's you know, Biden administration, towards the end of his term, started to look into this, and now Trump is seeing that there's an issue, and putting his administration on it as well.

And so that is real encouraging to us, that they at least acknowledge a problem and are looking into it to see what we can do about it. Another important issue to the National Farmers Union is the Farm Bill kipley says, with high input costs and low prices, it is important that a farm bill be passed. This is something that farmers need across the country right now. With the high input costs and the low prices, we are seeing a little bit of rebound in the bean and corn markets right now, but we really need that farm bill the conservation title is kind of left out of what they passed in the big, beautiful bill. And so to get this Farm Bill 2.0 or the short Farm Bill, whatever you want to call it, is, you know, very important.”

“And so we're glad to see some movement, and we'd like to see a few things changed in it, maybe strengthen up that safety net a little bit more, reimagine a few different things, but at least it's progress. And that's, you know, that's what we're taking away from this, is it's moving in the right direction.

National Farmers Union Vice President, Jeff Kippley.