PRESIDENTIAL PARADIGMS
It’s Time for Some Field Work
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Farmers have thrown open
the doors of the machine
shed, greased up the gears
and cranked up their diesels.
It’s farming season!
With Congress in session
only a few days between
now and August, this also
is a good time to gear down
and throttle up on agriculture’s policy priorities.
Refueling Immigration Reform
In February, thousands participated in the
#IFarmImmigration campaign to bring attention
to farmers’ and ranchers’ labor challenges.
That same month, more than 600 business
organizations, including Farm Bureau, signed a
letter urging House leaders to move forward with
immigration reform.
Since then, the engine has idled a bit, and we
can’t let that happen. It’s time to tell Congress
to refuel immigration reform. Without a legal,
stable supply of labor, farmers will continue
to face labor shortages and lost crops, and the
public will face the loss of economic activity
from agriculture and the risk that more of their
food will come from other countries.
Clean up the Pile of Expired Tax Provisions
Some in Congress are working to renew
tax policies that expired last year. Congress
has allowed the wo ɬ