Sep 30, 2024
A farewell note from outgoing NCGA President Harold WolleAuthor: Harold Wolle
As I conclude my term this week as NCGA president, I can’t help but reflect on the past year and the work that has been done to keep moving our industry forward. Uncertainty is a fixture in farming. We know all too well that we can’t control prices or the weather. But we focus on what we can control, and we do our best to prepare for opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. That’s why “Shaping the Future” has been the theme of my presidency and why I spent this year working with incoming NCGA president Kenneth Hartman Jr. to hammer out a clear vision for building corn demand and protecting grower profitability. While we are looking to the future, we are also addressing current challenges. Farmers have been hit hard economically with falling corn prices and rising input costs. And we have relayed these concerns to Congress and the Biden administration while asking them to act on our priorities. It may not feel like it with what we’re facing right now, but we do have...
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NCGA, Allied Ag Groups, Step Up Calls for Congress to Pass Farm BillAuthor: Brooke S. Appleton
Fall has almost arrived, and along with it comes marathon season. You would expect to see everyone moving at a slow steady speed as a result. Yet, the nation’s elected officials and political candidates are sprinting toward election day while official legislative work on the farm bill and other matters is largely stuck and not moving forward as urgently as needed. The competitive presidential and congressional races are making Washington hyper-partisan while injecting a great deal of uncertainty about the political landscape in 2025. No matter the outcome, we’re going to have many new leaders with many competing priorities come January. That, coupled with the incredible economic stress on farmers right now, is why we are pushing for Congress to act to pass the farm bill before year’s end. We have one last bite at this apple before the election, and we plan to take it. To that end, NCGA and our sister ag groups are coordinating a joint fly-in this month to get farmers from across...
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