Category: Coalitions – Agricultural

PA Farm Bureau urges members to take action on the Farm Bill

PFB action alert

Yesterday (January 27), a majority of the 41 member farm bill conference committee signed the conference report on the 2014 Farm Bill. The House is expected to vote on the Farm Bill tomorrow, January 29, followed by the Senate. Farm Bureau is supportive of the bill, H.R. 2642 as it places a high priority on the decisions to:

  • Provide considerable savings in the bill to reduce the federal government budget deficit;
  • Protect and strengthen the federal crop insurance program;
  • Develop a commodity title that provides producers safety net options that encourages them to follow market signals rather than basing planting decisions on anticipation of government payments;
  • Refrain from basing any program on cost of production; and
  • Provide a safety net based on gross margin insurance for the dairy industry.

Legislative Request
Contact your Member of Congress and Senators Casey and Toomey and ask that they support H.R. 2642, the 2014 Farm Bill. The bill will provide farmers and ranchers certainty for the coming year and allow USDA to plan for an orderly implementation of the bill’s provisions.

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Sam Rohrer to speak at 01.13.2014 Susquehanna Valley Conservative Meeting

Sam Rohrer 2Sam Rohrer will be the speaker for the Susquehanna Valley Conservatives meeting on Monday, January 13 at 7:00PM in the Best Western Country Cupboard Inn, Lewisburg.

 His presentation is titled, “A Republic—If you can keep it—The Threats and the (Biblical) Solutions.”

Talking points will focus on answering 3 major questions:

  • What is a republic?
  • What destroys a republic?
  • How can we keep our republic?

He will:

  • Talk about the two “Pillars of Truth” upon which our republic was founded.
  • Define the enemy of a Republic and the enemies that undermine the Pillars of Truth.
  • Identify some current examples of attacks on our Republic emanating from Washington.
  • Identify some very practical things that can be done and what PPN (PA Pastors Network) is doing to not only stop the erosion of our foundations but to rebuild the walls.

The meeting is open to the public free of charge. Those with opposing points of view are encouraged to attend.