Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 5/2/17


With active farmers making up less than 2 percent of the U.S. population it’s more important than ever that commodity groups present a united front when it comes to passing new farm legislation. But two groups who stand to gain – or lose – the most from the rewriting of the commodity title of the farm bill that gets passed, hopefully, in 2017 or 2018 are getting off to a bad start on legislation such as the FY2017 omnibus appropriation bill.

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