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Volume 66, Number 1, January 2014
Agriculture & Livestock
Journal
Court Rules Against Southern Nevada Water Authority Pg. 4
Nevada Ag Teachers Earn National Awards at NAAE Conference Pg. 7
Meeting & Event Calendar January 8 Cattlemen’s Update 2014 6:30 pm - Dinner Provided White Pine Convention Center, Ely $20 per ranch. Information call Jennifer, 775-945-3444 ext. 12 or klintzj@unce.unr.edu. January 9 Cattlemen’s Update 2014 12:30 pm - Dinner Provided Great Basin College Solarium, Elko $20 per ranch. Information call Jennifer, 775-945-3444 ext. 12 or klintzj@unce.unr.edu. January 10 Cattlemen’s Update 2014 10:30 am - Lunch Provided Humboldt County Extension Office, Winnemucca $20 per ranch. Information call Jennifer, 775-945-3444 ext. 12 or klintzj@unce.unr.edu. January 14 Agritourism Working Group Meetings
10 am - 11:30 am Jeanne Dini Cultural Arts Center 120 N. California St., Yeringon RSVP: ann.louhela@wnc.edu or 775351-2551 January 14 Social Media Workshop 12 - 2pm Jeanne Dini Cultural Arts Center 120 N. California St., Yeringon RSVP: ann.louhela@wnc.edu or 775351-2551. January 18 Value-Added Products Workshop 9:30 am - 4:00 pm AACT, 380 Edison Way, Reno www.wnc.edu/ce/sci/2014_valueadded_products_from_the_farm.php February 3-6, 2014 Nevada Water Resources Association Annual Convention Week Tuscany Suites & Casino, Las Vegas www.nvnwra.org
Cover photo by Debbie Frey. Grape vines after a winter storm at historic Frey Ranch in Fallon. (ISSN 0899-8434) (USPS 377-280) 2165 Green Vista Dr. Suite 205 Sparks, NV 89431 Phone: (775) 674-4000 Fax: (775) 674-4004 Publisher: Nevada Farm Bureau Federation Editor: Zach Allen The Nevada Farm Bureau Agriculture & Livestock Journal is published monthly by the Nevada Farm Bureau Federation. Subscriptions are available to Nevada Farm Bureau members, only, at an annual subscription price of $1, which is included in yearly dues. Periodical postage is paid at Reno, NV and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Nevada Farm Bureau Agriculture & Livestock Journal, 2165 Green Vista Drive, Suite 205, Sparks, NV 89431.
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February 15, 2014 Fallon All Breeds Bull Sale www.nevadacattlemen.org February 20-23 Eagles & Agriculture www.carsonvalleynv.org/pages/ EaglesAg. February 20-22 Nevada Small Farm Conference John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Sparks www.nevadasmallconference.com February 26-28 AFBF Western Leadership Conference Las Vegas February 28 - March 1 Mason Valley Beekeepers’ Conference Registration is due by February 15. Pioneer Crossing Convention Center, Yerington
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Farm Bureau
Perspectives By James “Hank” Combs President, Nevada Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Focused For a Busy 2014 Happy New Year! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!
forward, Sage Grouse will continue to be a focus for our organization.
2014 is a non-legislative year. However there are still a number of issues that Farm Bureau will be actively engaged in for 2014.
CABNR Dean Search
The Margins Tax Initiative will be a ballot question in 2014. This tax, if passed, will have severe impacts on Nevada agricultural producers and small business owners throughout Nevada. The initiative will impose a 2 percent tax on all businesses that have gross revenues greater than $1 million. Businesses that aren’t making a profit would still be required to pay the tax. In Lyon County there are three lawsuits that will affect water rights in the Walker River Basin. Nevada Farm Bureau partnered with Schroder Law Offices for a presentation that gave members information on the lawsuits and opportunities for farmers and ranchers to get involved. Nevada Farm Bureau will continue to be involved and monitor the actions of the Nevada Land Management Task Force. The Task Force, which is made up of county commissioners representing each county, is faced with the task of whether or not public lands should be transferred to the State of Nevada. Nevada Farm Bureau and American Farm Bureau Federation policy support the transfer of public lands to state control. Surveys this past summer indicated that Nevada Farm Bureau members also support the policy and believe land should be controlled by the state. For over a decade, Nevada Farm Bureau has been involved in the Sage Grouse issue. As we move
I have also participated in the search committee for UNR’s new Dean of the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources (CABNR). The person selected will also serve as the Director of the Agricultural Research System. It has been a privilege to be a part of the search for the new Dean of CABNR. Farm Bureau believes that the candidate selected will be motivated to bring programs of Nevada’s Land Grant University mission back to a priority. The final three candidates were Dr. William Payne, Dr. Richard A. Redak, and Dr. Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera. Throughout December the University held informal meet and greet receptions and open forums for the final candidates. The provost and search committee also asked for feedback on the three candidates from the CABNR Advisory Board, CABNR Faculty and CABNR Staff. It was announced in late December that Dr. William Payne accepted the position as the new Dean of CABNR. Dr. Payne served as the Director, CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas and as Professor of Crop Physiology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Payne received his Ph.D. in Soil Science from Texas A&M University in 1990.
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Court Rules Against Southern Nevada Water Authority
evada Farm Bureau applauds Senior District Judge Robert Estes and his ruling that will temporarily stop the Southern Nevada Water Authority from pumping billions of gallons of water from eastern Nevada. The court ruled on December 11, 2013, that the “State Engineer’s rulings is remanded: for recalculation of water available from the respective basins; for additional hydrological study of Delamar, Dry Lake and Cave Valley; and to establish standards for mitigation in the event of a conflict with existing water rights or unreasonable effects to the environment or the public interest.” The Court continued to say, “that losing 9,780 afa from the basin, over and above E.T. after 200 years is unfair to following generations of Nevadans, and is not in the public interest. In violating the Engineer’s own standards, the award of 61,127 afa is arbitrary and capricious.” Farmers and ranchers throughout eastern Nevada have battled the water grab plan from its inception, which began in 1989. Abby Johnson, president of the Baker, Nevada-based Network said, “This decision should send a clear message to SNWA and Nevada leaders that this project is doomed to fail and should be cancelled
View of the Baker Ranch and the Snake Valley, which is affected by inter basin flow from Spring Valley.
now in order to save Las Vegas ratepayers and Nevada taxpayers billions of wasted dollars.” Nevada Farm Bureau policy states, “Nevada Farm Bureau is opposed to the export and transport of groundwater out of the basin of origin without full protection of agriculture and wildlife waters.” Furthermore, “When ground water is being exported from a geophysical basin and unexpected conditions occur in that basin or adjacent basin(s), both present and future needs in those basins should have a priority over the water being exported.” Farm Bureau policy also calls for an adequate monitoring process. The court also stated, “SNWA’s expert reports make it clear that the hydrology of Spring Valley, as well as Delamar, Dry Lake and January 2014 | Page 4 | www.nvfb.org
Cave Valley, is not completely understood.” The court continued to say, “Regarding monitoring and proactive monitoring by the Engineer, there is no plan.” Simeon Herskovits who represented White Pine County, the Great Basin Water Network and others said, “It’s essentially a complete victory for us and a complete defeat and reversal for Sun Law and the state engineer.” Herskovits continued to say, “This is essentially a death note for this project,” Herskovits said. “I think the writing is clearly on the wall that this project cannot stand under principled scrutiny under the law.” Nevada Farm Bureau will continue to monitor this and other decisions that impact the livelihoods of Nevada’s farmers and ranchers.
2013 Women’s Leadership Committee Video Contest Winners Announced The results are in and we are happy to announce the winners of the 2013 Video Contest sponsored by the Women’s Leadership Committee. Senior Division (9th - 12th grade) 1st Place: Josie Henrie & Shiley Blackwell, Moapa Valley High School won 1st place. 2nd Place: Alyssa Talbot, Moapa Valley High School, won 2nd place with their video. 3rd Place: Erin Hill & Kenna Miley, AACT, won 3rd place with their video. In the Adult Division (18-35)
First place winners Josie & Shiley with Cindy Hardy and FFA Advisor Mrs. Denise O’Toole.
1st Place: Travis and Amber Miller, Elko County, won 1st place with their video “A Day On The Gund Ranch.” “The video contest is a great way for students and adults to share an agricultural story,” said Cindy Hardy, Nevada Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee Chair. “With the popularity of YouTube, promoting agriculture through video provides great opportunity to share agriculture’s message with a lot of people, especially those that aren’t directly involved in farming and ranching.” The 2013 Video Contest categories were “Food From Farm to Fork” or “A day in the life of a farmer or rancher.” High School students can compete in the senior division (9th – 12th grade) and those between ages 18-35 can complete in the Young Farmers & Ranchers division.
Second place winner Alyssa Talbot with Cindy Hardy and FFA Advisor Mrs. Denise O’Toole.
Prizes for winning videos are $100, $75, and $50. New for 2014, participants will be able to enter the contest by uploading their video to their personal YouTube page. Contestants will need to tag their video with “NVFB Video Contest” so judges will be able to find each video. When tagging a video make sure it is tagged “NVFB Video Contest” exactly, using the quotations. 2014 Video Contest categories will be “How Nevada Agriculture Affects the World” and “How Agriculture Affects Your Community.” The contest is open to high school students and adults.
Third place winners Erin & Kenna with Audrey Damonte of Washoe County Farm Bureau.
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Nevada Dept. of Agriculture creates program to promote the state’s food and agriculture businesses The Nevada Department of Agriculture today announced its newly created Buy Nevada brand program to promote Nevada food and agriculture. “Buy Nevada has been in planning for more than a year,” said Jim Barbee, director of the Nevada Department of Agriculture. “We have been actively seeking to have a program that promotes the state’s food and agriculture industry as a whole because of the Department’s statutory mandate to advance Nevada agriculture.” Buy Nevada promotes food and agriculture businesses such as food processors, small farmers, large growing operations, restaurants, retailers and distributors. The recently released study on the economic impact of the agriculture industry to the state – estimated as having a $5.3 billion impact – demonstrated the importance of recognizing Nevada’s diverse agriculture sectors and the longstanding contribution to the state’s economy. First Lady Kathleen Sandoval expressed support for the program. “As Nevadans look to make healthy dietary choices, we hope you will also Buy Nevada food and agriculture products,” she said. Buy Nevada has tiered memberships ranging from free to higher-level sponsorships. Money received into the program will further promote Nevada food and agriculture businesses. Businesses may sign up online: http:// buynevada.org/membership/join/. Please visit, for more information, www.buynevada.org.
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Nevada Ag Teachers & Programs Earn National Awards
hree Nevada agriculture teachers and one ag education program received national awards during the National Association of Agriculture Educators (NAAE) Conference, which was held December 3-7 in Las Vegas. Allyson Lammiman, agricultural educator at Douglas High School in Minden, is one of the only six individuals nationwide who received the Agriscience Teacher of the Year Award. The National Agriscience Teacher of the Year award recognizes teachers who have inspired and enlightened their students through engaging and interactive lessons in the science of agriculture. Lammiman has been teaching agriculture at Douglas High School since 2005. Partnering with her school’s science department, Lammiman is able to offer some of her agriculture courses as a science credit, providing opportunities for more students to enroll in her classes. The school’s science teacher gets involved in the agriculture program by serving as co-advisor for the FFA chapter. Lammiman will receive $1500 grant to purchase agriscience supplies and equipment. Don Noorda, agricultural educator at Wells High School in Wells, Nev., is one of only six individuals nationwide who received the Outstanding Teacher Award. Noorda has been teaching agriculture at Wells High School since 1993. Since he came to Wells, program enrollment has grown enough to add another full-time agriculture instructor. Together the teachers have developed plans for additional facilities, including a food science lab and an outdoor garden attached to the existing greenhouse. Recently, the program also added five new courses, including two agriculture mechanics classes. Four of the 10 courses offered in the agriculture program at Wells are state science accredited, six are accredited to state humanities, and five courses are also accredited for college credit at Great Basin College. Noorda is actively involved in NAAE and the Nevada Agriculture Teachers Association, as well as several other professional organizations, where he has served in multiple leadership positions.
Region I Lifetime Achievement Award – Tom Klein with (l-r) Farrah Johnson, Glenn Sims, National FFA Foundation Representative for Ford, Tom, and Erica Whitmore. Photo courtesy of NAAE. Tundra as part of this award. Tom Klein, retired agricultural educator from Silver Sage High School in Elko, Nev., is one of only six individuals nationwide who received the National Association of Agricultural Educators Lifetime Achievement Award. Klein taught high school agriculture for 24 years at three different schools in Idaho and Nevada. Enhancing each program during his time there, Klein doubled enrollment at his first two schools and built a new program at his last school. After leaving the classroom in 1998, he became an administrator and agriculture advocate with Ag in the Classroom, giving students hands-on livestock experiences by bringing his own flock of award-winning sheep to their classes. Klein has been a strong supporter of the National FFA and the Nevada FFA Association throughout his career. He served as a National FFA Board of Trustees member and as a consultant to the National FFA Board of Directors for two years each. Throughout his career, he has earned numerous educator awards from both vocational and agricultural education associations, including receiving the Nevada Department of Education Bill Trabert Award for his support of career and technical education (CTE) in 2006. The Spring Creek High School agricultural education program in Spring Creek, is one of only six agricultural
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Nevada Producers Find Success at Western Nugget Hereford Show
he 2013 Western Nugget Hereford Show & Sale was held in Reno December 5-7. Exhibitors from across the United States showed Herefords at the Reno Livestock Event Center and the sale was held at the Celebrity Showroom at John Ascuaga’s in Sparks. The show included a junior show, female show, and bull show. Three Nevada producers attended the show and included Genoa Livestock (Douglas County), KKC Ranch (Lyon County), and Brumley Farms (Humboldt County). Open Show Results: BF Bar 1 Sinful 3104 ET bred by Kari Brumley was the Polled Reserve Grand Champion Heifer Calf. BF Bar 1 Seduction 3101 ET bred by Kari Brumley was the Polled Champion Junior Heifer Calf. BF 6928 Bar 1 Raise Your Glass 290Z
Kari Brumley with the Reserve Champion Hereford Junior Calf. bred by Kari Brumley was the Polled Reserve Champion Fall Heifer Calf. BF 144U Sweet Talkin 2105 ET bred by Kari Brumley and owned by Brooke Brumley was the Polled Reserve Champion Spring Yearling
Heifer. BF Bar 1 Sacred 3102 ET bred by Kari Brumley was the Horned Reserve Champion Junior Heifer Calf. BF Bar 1 Rumor Has It 2112 ET bred by Kari Brumley was the Horned Reserve Champion Fall Heifer Calf. Junior Show Results: BF 6928 Raise Your Glass 290Z bred by Kari Brumley was the Combined Champion Fall Heifer Calf. BF 144U Somethingsweet 2106 ET bred by Kari Brumley and owned by Brooke Brumley was the combined Reserve Champion Yearling Heifer and Grand Reserve Champion Heifer.
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2014 Nevada Small Farm Conference Feb. 20-22 Calling all farmers and ranchers, beginning or experienced, rural or urban, and business and community members: the 2014 Nevada Small Farm Conference has something for everyone at John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks, Feb. 20-22. Interested in traditional topics such as soils, bee keeping and egg production? Or innovative topics like agritourism, fodder production and renewable energy? The Small Farm Conference is lining up the best speakers for 25 sessions and five pre-conference workshops, along with a Friday night social mixer. Back by popular demand, there will be full-day, pre-conference workshops on Thursday, Feb. 20, on topics including Direct Marketing
Meat; Hoop House Production Chinese Medicinal Herbs; Hops, Barley & Distillery Grains; and Building Sustainable Soils. The conference will cover a variety of topics, including livestock and poultry production, aquaponics, business planning, agritourism, organic farming, food hubs, food safety and more. Workshops and conference sessions will include candid discussions about the challenges facing producers. Lack of infrastructure, competitive pricing and Nevada’s high-desert climate are among the major challenges. Attendees are encouraged to register early as many of the workshops sell out before the Jan. 31 early bird registration deadline. Sponsoring organizations
include: Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute, Whole Foods Market, US. Foods, Great Basin Brewing Company, Rail City Garden Center, Stanislaus Farm Supply, Marie Gibson Management & Consulting, Toro, NevadaGrown, Nevada Certified Farmers Market Association, Western Nevada Development District, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and Silver State Stainless. For conference details and registration information, visit the conference website, www. nevadafarmconference.com, or contact Ann Louhela at 775-3512551 or ann.louhela@wnc.edu.
USDA Announces Notice of Funding Availability for Value-Added Producer Grants In late November, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of nearly $10.5 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants to help agricultural producers enter into value-added activities designed to give them a competitive business edge. The funding is being made available through the ValueAdded Producer Grant program, which provides funds to help agricultural producers create new products, expand marketing opportunities, support further processing of existing products or goods, or to develop specialty and niche products. They may
be used for working capital and planning activities. The maximum working capital grant is $200,000; the maximum planning grant is $75,000. Eligible applicants include independent producers, farmer and rancher cooperatives, and agricultural producer groups. Funding priority is given to socially disadvantaged and beginning farmers or ranchers, and to smallto medium-size family farms, or farmer/rancher cooperatives. In Nevada, the VAPG funded River School Farms in Reno with a $23,655 grant to develop a strong and effective direct marketing and branding campaign to increase January 2014 | Page 9 | www.nvfb.org
awareness of the River School Farm and its products; and to expand its role as a local producer throughout the Truckee River Watershed and Eastern Sierra Nevada region Grant applications are due by Feb. 24, 2014. More information about how to apply is available on page 70260 of the November 25 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR2013-11-25/pdf/2013-28175.pdf Federal Register, or by contacting by contacting Michelle Kelly in the USDA Rural Development Nevada state office at (775) 887-1222, Ext. 118 or David Foster in the USDA Rural Development Las Vegas office at (702) 407-1400 Ext. 103.
NAAE Awards Continued education programs nationwide that received the National Association of Agricultural Educators Outstanding Middle/ Secondary Agricultural Education Program. Aaron Albisu and Ty Smith are the agriculture teachers at Spring Creek High School. Situated in the fourth largest school district in Nevada, Elko County School District, Spring Creek High School has approximately 900 students, 275 of which are enrolled in the agricultural education program. Spring Creek’s agricultural education program is influenced by the community’s main industries, agriculture and mining, and includes courses in agribusiness, agricultural leadership, horticulture, animal and veterinary science, along with four courses related to agricultural mechanics engineering and technology (AMET). Their program also has articulations agreements for 17 credits with the nearby Great Basin College. To enhance its expansive curriculum, Spring Creek’s program includes a dual-purpose classroom and lab, a 60’x30’ greenhouse where the students produce poinsettias and bedding plants, a 100 gallon display fish tank in the classroom, and two 500 gallon tanks in the greenhouse. The larger fish tanks are used to produce a crop of fish in
cooperation with the Nevada Fish and Game and the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. To facilitate the AMET portion Region I Outstanding Middle/Secondary of their School Ag Ed program – Spring Creek High program School. Pictured is Ty Smith and Aaron they have Albisu. Photo courtesy of NAAE. a 6,000 sq. ft. agriculture mechanics lab with permanent stations and equipment for welding, plumbing, electrical, small gas engines, surveying, and oxy-fuel cutting and hydraulic systems simulators. The hydraulic simulators were purchased in 2012 with grant money to meet demand from local employers for graduates with a broad range of mechanical knowledge and skill.
4th ANNUAL MASON VALLEY BEEKEEPERS CONFERENCE
Are you bee curious? Thinking about raising bees but have no idea how to start? Do you want to learn more about catching swarms, harvesting honey, queen production or bee pests and diseases? The Mason Valley Beekeepers is hosting the 4th Annual Beekeepers Conference on Friday and Saturday, February 28 and March 1, 2014, at Pioneer Crossing Convention Center in downtown Yerington, Nevada.
There are workshops for everyone; new beekeepers, experienced beekeepers, or people, including youth, interested in learning more about bees and beekeeping. Topics include products of the hive, starting a colony of bees, bee biology, alternative hive styles, bee diseases and pests, swarms,
commercial beekeeping, making nucs, and others.
Beekeepers and businesses supporting beekeeping from Nevada and California are invited to speak, present, and exhibit at the conference. Friday evening, February 28, starts at 6:30 pm where participants are invited to an informal social - ‘Meet and Greet in Bee Friendly Yerington’ and a presentation from Tom Adams from 7 Troughs Distillery, Sparks, Nevada, and 'In the Life of a Beekeeper' by Mike the Beekeeper. Saturday offers an array of workshops, a raffle and silent auction featuring an impressive display of items to bid on. Bee supply businesses will be on-site beginning Friday evening. January 2014 | Page 10 | www.nvfb.org
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and the conference runs from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The pre-event registration fee of $25 per person or $40 per couple includes Friday evening Meet and Greet, the conference, and Saturday lunch and snacks. Registration is due by February 15, 2014. Visit www. masonvalleybeekeepers.org and register online or contact Debbie Gilmore at debbie@hallshoney. com, or phone 775-220-5567, for more information or a registration form. Registration on the day of the event is $30 per person, $50 per couple. Advertising for this event is paid for by generous grants from the City of Yerington Room Tax Board and Lyon County Room Tax Board.
Nevada Hosts California Pork Producers Western All Breeds Show & Sale
RENO, Nev - Two Nevada producers attended the 2013 Western All Breeds Show & Sale held at the Reno Livestock Events Center December 14 -15. Malay Show Pigs of Lovelock and the Ceresola’s of Fernley both attended and found success at the annual show. Daunte Ceresola, who has been showing at the Western All Breeds Show & Sale for three years, took home Reserved Grand Champion for his crossbred Twin Turbo X Tonic 15-1. The Ceresola’s brought three pigs to show and two of them were sold at the auction. The Malay’s showed a boar and gilt. The boar was named the Supreme Champion and the gilt was second in class. The Malay’s have been showing at the Western All Breeds Show & Sale for the past 13 years. The show was originally held in Tulare, Ca. and for the last five years has been held in Reno.
Daunte Ceresola with Twin Turbo X Tonic 15-1, the Reserve Grand Champion Crossbred.
Pictured left to right: Bailey, Paul, Rita, and Earl Malay with the Supreme Champion boar.
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he 2014 Nevada Water Resources Association is holding their 2014 Annual Conference February 3 - 6, 2014 at the Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas.
The NWRA Annual Conference targets water professionals throughout the state. The conference takes a multidisciplinary approach to discuss current and ongoing statewide water issues critical to sustaining Nevada’s rapidly growing population and the many competing interests. The primary goal of the conference is to bring key issues to the table for discussion and to provide water managers, policy makers, environmental representatives, federal and state agencies, private consultants, and the general public with a more comprehensive understanding of these issues; including the technical component and legal aspect of each issue. Workshops offered will include: Water Rights and Advanced Water Rights Seminars, National Water Information Systems Workshop, and Nevada Well Construction Regulations Workshop. We will have a tour of the Venetian and a tour of Wetlands Park and the River Mountain Water Treatment Facility. There will also be poster presentations, a student poster competition, technical sessions, and panel discussions. This is a perfect opportunity to congregate, communicate, and collaborate with colleagues, update the water community, and exchange information about Nevada water resources issues.
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by Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau
Farmers Have a Full Plate in 2014
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he old expression “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” is fitting as we ring in the new year.
As we begin 2014, farmers are facing down many of the same legislative issues we were a year ago: farm bill, immigration, waterways infrastructure, taxes and the list goes on. But, while on the surface it looks like not a heck of a lot was accomplished in the past year, in spite of what was a contentious political year, solid progress was made on several of Farm Bureau’s priority issues. Moving the Needle As the popular Christmas/New Year song goes: “What have you done? Another year over, and a new one just begun,” I can’t help but look back at 2013 and think that Farm Bureau definitely moved the needle on our key issues. A farm bill will likely be completed early in the new year, the Senate and House passed a waterways bill and the labor issue progressed further than it has in its history. I daresay that the issues on our agenda moved as far, or farther, than those of any other policy advocacy organization. Further, Farm Bureau had a huge judicial win with the Lois Alt case. We joined Mrs. Alt in standing up to the Environmental Protection
Agency when it threatened her with enormous fines for ordinary storm water runoff. Unfortunately, agriculture is increasingly going to have to use the judicial branch to stop agencies like EPA from overreaching and trying to make political hay by targeting farmers. And rest assured that Farm Bureau will keep working to protect farmers and ranchers on these important issues. On the Horizon Looking ahead, farmers and ranchers will have a full plate in 2014. In addition to completing the farm bill and implementing a new five-year law, passing waterways and port infrastructure legislation out of Congress and continuing our work on ag labor, a lot more work remains on other important issues. Tax reform and the federal budget will take center stage as we continue pushing for rational budget reforms and prioritized spending cuts to put America’s fiscal policy back on track. Instead of continually plunging off of one budget cliff and shooting down the rapids to the next, we must look for fair and balanced solutions. In doing so, we need to make real progress on individual and business tax reforms that affect farmers’ and ranchers’ profitability. This, too, will help bolster economic recovery.
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Farmers and ranchers will continue to battle perennial regulatory creep in 2014, particularly as it relates to waters of the U.S. Current proposed regulations that we know are under review completely ignore repeated U.S. Supreme Court decisions that uphold congressional intent and deny EPA the right to create law on a regulatory whim. If these regulations are adopted and enforced, farmers and ranchers can expect that nearly everything they do pertaining to water on their farms and ranches will be regulated by EPA. On a separate note, another year has passed and we are still awaiting Food and Drug Administration clarity on how various proposed food safety rules will affect farmers. With the complexity inherent in each of these rules, Farm Bureau is joining the call with other farm groups and state regulatory officials urging FDA to provide an adequate period of time to thoroughly review all of the “final” proposals together in order to avoid unnecessary, and potentially unfair, regulatory requirements that do little to improve food safety. So, while we have a lot on the horizon this coming year, Farm Bureau stands ready to take these challenges and opportunities head on. It’s time to clean our plate.
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