11/03/2009 01:58PM
National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson announced today the organization has named Chandler Goule it's Vice President of Government Relations.
10/29/2009 09:32AM
National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson today said the organization is committed to see climate change legislation address the unique role America's family farmers and ranchers can play when it comes to combating global climate change.
10/08/2009 09:24AM
The House of Representatives today approved the fiscal year (FY) 2010
Agriculture Appropriations bill. Included in the bill is $350 million
for struggling dairy producers. The provision, authored by Sen. Bernie
Sanders, I-Vt., was a top NFU priority.
09/29/2009 10:36AM
National Farmers Union today expressed support for a recent court ruling regarding Chapter 12 bankruptcies. Under the court's ruling, agricultural producers would not be held accountable for capital gains taxes on farm asset sales following a bankruptcy discharge.
09/17/2009 03:26PM
National Farmers Union and 54 agriculture organizations showed their support for independent producers today by signing an amicus brief filed with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in support of Wheeler v. Pilgrim's Pride, a decision on appeal interpreting key provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act.
08/29/2009 08:58AM
National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson today addressed the 2009 Iowa Farmers Union Convention.
08/27/2009 02:41PM
National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson today reiterated the organization’s call for Congress to approve climate change legislation rather than allow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
08/12/2009 12:42PM
WASHINGTON (Aug. 12, 2009) - National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson provided the keynote address entitled "Food and Climate Change in a Global Economy," at the conference of the Association of Farmers Organizations in Scandinavia in Reykjavik, Iceland today.Johnson told the group that farmers
07/27/2009 08:27AM
NFU President Roger Johnson told the Senate Agriculture Committee July 22 America's farmers and ranchers can, and want to be, part of the solution to global climate change. "To state it simply, the cost of no action must become a central part of the ongoing climate change debate. Models of climate