ACTION ALERT
The U.S. House of Representatives is currently debating the next farm bill. Many amendments have been introduced. Dakota Rural Action is calling upon Representative Noem to support amendment #93.
Representative Fortenberry is introducing an amendment we support to reform Commodity Payment Subsidies. Amendment #93, as it is called:
Creating a hard cap on commodity payments so that no farm can receive more than $250,000 per year – rather than the current unlimited amount – in farm subsidies, including not more than $100,000 per farm in payments not associated with marketing loans. Targeting payments to working farmers and closing existing loopholes that allow mega-farms to collect far higher payments than current law would otherwise seem to allow.
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Ensure fiscal responsibility in farm policy during this time of financial crisis requires creating a firm cap on commodity payments. Closing current loopholes is the key to targeting payments to active farmers instead of absentee landowners and investment bankers, and to ending unlimited subsidies that pay for mega-farm consolidation. Rebuilding a vibrant rural economy and farming population requires restoring common-sense rules for farm payments and reinvesting a portion of the savings into higher priorities for rural America. Effective payment limitations have been a goal for a number of years.
Please contact Representative Noem this afternoon at 855-225-2801 to support amendment #93.
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