Looks like the revised Farm Bill will waste billions of your tax dollars while supporting BigAg and their toxic practices. I urge you to call and/email your elected officials and tell them to support those amendments. You can call your Member of Congress and urge support for the following amendments: 1) The Blumenauer no cost EQIP reform amendment # 74 eliminates subsidies to confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) for the purpose of constructing animal waste management facilities or other associated waste transport/transfer devices and provides financial support and technical assistance to help livestock producers reduce their use of non-therapeutic antibiotics. It also provides greater support for farmers using fewer pesticides and transitioning to organic farming practices. 2) The Kind-Petri Crop Insurance Reform Amendment #149 limits supplemental crop insurance subsidies (over basic coverage) to those producers with an adjusted gross income under $250,000 (that is, the biggest and wealthiest farms); it limits per person premium subsidies to $50,000, and it reduces subsidies to crop insurance companies. It can save taxpayers more than $9 billion. 3) Thompson-Fortenberry Conservation Compliance Amendment #28 requires basic conservation practices for farmers that receive crop insurance subsidies.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:45:46 +0000
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