Merced County Farm Bureau’s Mission Statement

Merced County Farm Bureau is an independent, nongovernmental, grassroots organization that advocates for the men and women who provide food, fiber, and nursery products for our community, state, and nation.

Merced County Farm Bureau exists for the purpose of improving the ability of individuals engaged in production agriculture to utilize California resources to produce food and fiber in the most profitable, efficient and responsible manner possible, guaranteeing our nation a domestic food supply.

Merced County Farm Bureau supports policies and legislation that promote and protect our Country’s number one industryagriculture for future generations and the security of our nation.

Farm Bill

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The letter says funding also is needed to address issues such as crop insurance, conservation, rural development, food security and research.

“As you work to build the federal budget for fiscal year 2024, we seek your support for providing sufficient resources to the committees to craft the next farm bill," the letter concludes.

The farm groups’ appeal follows the House Agriculture Committee’s approval last week of a letter that called on the House Budget committee to provide "adequate resources" for the next farm bill to compensate for the “ineffectiveness” of existing commodity programs.

The 400 groups have a variety of different priorities for farm bill spending, Christy Seyfert, the American Soybean Association’s executive director of government affairs, told AgriPulse.

“At ASA, we want to improve the Title I farm safety net for soybean producers, protect and enhance crop insurance that is critically important for risk management, and increase investments in trade promotion programs to help diversify and expand agricultural markets, among other needs,” she said.