As a constituent in Iowa’s 4th district, all I have seen from representative Feenstra this year about the farm bill is his whining that the Senate failed to do anything. No mention that the House as a whole failed to act. Yet he joins with other Iowa U.S. representatives on visits to ag related companies back home bragging how he is so “good for agriculture.”
We need the farm bill. However, are the folks in the rural red districts getting what they voted for? They bought the lie, and now they own it.
I was reading Vilsack's letter to the Agriculture Department yesterday. I realized that President Musk won't understand the vital role of these agencies, and our country will be worse off as a result. The next Congress promises to be even worse.
Are we ready for a 91-year-old President Grassley? He automatically becomes president as President Pro Tem if they don't have a Speaker on the 20th.
Iowa repealed its Hemp law and made punitive Iowa code for Federally legal Hemp. Iowa also changed the dry wt 0.3% of THC at Harvest definition of Hemp that 2018 Farm Bill, Federal Law, DEA CSA FDA and the rest of the Globe (some in EU use 0.2%), to a dry wt after processing and manufacturing by packaging of 0.3%THC. A Republic House Congressional Rep out of Illinois filed Iowa’s new law as an amendment to Farm Bill. There wasn’t any numbers to show impacts or evidence on the law. Our Hemp Farmers have no law in Iowa now and our retailers have been shut down and our Dispensaries drove this attack on Hemp as Competition because Iowans cross borders for actual flower and strains and bought Hemp products from retailers where it was more affordable and in forms not available at Iowa dispensaries which also required a card.
Corporate Cannabis monopoly took out the retail stores. The lawmakers obliged law enforcement who could not successfully prosecute Hemp because it’s not Federally illegal.
The Farm Bill thankfully did not pass this poison pill and stayed with 2018.
As you know the largest portion of funds are spent on nutrition programs, which make up nearly 80% of Farm Bill spending. The rest of the bill supports America's farmers, ranch- ers, and consumers through initiatives including commodity pro- grams, agricultural research, trade, and rural development.
Yes, it’s hard for the small percentage of wealthy farmers to make their plans for the upcoming spring planting but as food insecurity continues to increase, it’s difficult on food banks and pantries to serve those in need of basic food needs.
And of course we know there is a level playing field and those that can’t feed themselves or their families just need to pull up their bootstraps and get a job or grow a garden.
As a constituent in Iowa’s 4th district, all I have seen from representative Feenstra this year about the farm bill is his whining that the Senate failed to do anything. No mention that the House as a whole failed to act. Yet he joins with other Iowa U.S. representatives on visits to ag related companies back home bragging how he is so “good for agriculture.”
Thank you for keeping this issue in view.
We need the farm bill. However, are the folks in the rural red districts getting what they voted for? They bought the lie, and now they own it.
I was reading Vilsack's letter to the Agriculture Department yesterday. I realized that President Musk won't understand the vital role of these agencies, and our country will be worse off as a result. The next Congress promises to be even worse.
Are we ready for a 91-year-old President Grassley? He automatically becomes president as President Pro Tem if they don't have a Speaker on the 20th.
Iowa repealed its Hemp law and made punitive Iowa code for Federally legal Hemp. Iowa also changed the dry wt 0.3% of THC at Harvest definition of Hemp that 2018 Farm Bill, Federal Law, DEA CSA FDA and the rest of the Globe (some in EU use 0.2%), to a dry wt after processing and manufacturing by packaging of 0.3%THC. A Republic House Congressional Rep out of Illinois filed Iowa’s new law as an amendment to Farm Bill. There wasn’t any numbers to show impacts or evidence on the law. Our Hemp Farmers have no law in Iowa now and our retailers have been shut down and our Dispensaries drove this attack on Hemp as Competition because Iowans cross borders for actual flower and strains and bought Hemp products from retailers where it was more affordable and in forms not available at Iowa dispensaries which also required a card.
Corporate Cannabis monopoly took out the retail stores. The lawmakers obliged law enforcement who could not successfully prosecute Hemp because it’s not Federally illegal.
The Farm Bill thankfully did not pass this poison pill and stayed with 2018.
As you know the largest portion of funds are spent on nutrition programs, which make up nearly 80% of Farm Bill spending. The rest of the bill supports America's farmers, ranch- ers, and consumers through initiatives including commodity pro- grams, agricultural research, trade, and rural development.
Yes, it’s hard for the small percentage of wealthy farmers to make their plans for the upcoming spring planting but as food insecurity continues to increase, it’s difficult on food banks and pantries to serve those in need of basic food needs.
And of course we know there is a level playing field and those that can’t feed themselves or their families just need to pull up their bootstraps and get a job or grow a garden.
The farmers must not put too much priority on the Farm Bill they voted for the republicans. If they don’t care about it why should anyone else?