Future of Farming in America: Farmers First

Future of farming in America: Farmers First

U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced new policy to help small family farms thrive while touring Nebraska this week.

USDA Launches Small Family Farms Policy

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins released a set of policy proposals under her newly launched Make Agriculture Great Again Initiative. Her initial proposals are a comprehensive set of policy solutions aimed at improving the variability and longevity of smaller-scale family farms for generations to come. About 86% of all U.S. farms are small family farms. To ensure small family farms can start and stay in business, the USDA has outlined a toolkit of ac…

Rollins Announces New Small Family Farms Policy

(NAFB.com) – Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins released a set of policy proposals under her newly launched Make Agriculture Great Again Initiative. Her initial proposals are a comprehensive set of policy solutions aimed at improving the variability and longevity of smaller-scale family farms for generations to come. About 86 percent of all U.S. farms are small family farms. To ensure small family farms can start and stay in business, the USDA has outl…

Rollins Rolls Out Proposals to Support Small Family Farms - Southern Farm Network

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins issued a suite of proposals intended to support small family farms across rural America. John Walt Boatright, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says this is a critical time to support all agriculture, but particularly small farms. “We all know the farm economy is not doing quite well at the moment, but especially so for small family farms. The proposal notes that about 86 percent …

“Farmers First” Policies Promoted by Rollins - Agri-Business AgNet West

Brooke Rollins, the USDA Secretary of Agriculture, recently visited Nebraska to highlight the Trump administration’s “Farmers First” policies, which aim to better support small farmers through improved customer service and ... Read More The post “Farmers First” Policies Promoted by Rollins appeared first on AgNet West.

New USDA policy targets small family farms

New proposals are aimed at improving the viability and longevity of small family farms.