08/10/2026
In the wake of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s failure to advance a Farm Bill, our coalition urges the Committee to go back to the drawing board and prioritize the urgent needs of family-scale farmers, ranchers, and fishers.
“It’s long overdue for Congress to begin listening to their constituents on issues that most impact them,” said Tiffany Bellfield El-Amin, President of NFFC, Executive Director of the Kentucky Black Farmers Association, and Kentucky farmer. “NFFC is grateful for the inclusion of MCOOL as a positive signal that legislators are hearing farmers’ demands. However, the Senate Farm Bill draft still failed to support an agricultural system in ways that independent producers need to thrive. Farmers like me want a Farm Bill that works for us, not for the agribusiness executives pulling the strings behind the scenes. We will continue to work with legislators to create a Farm Bill that can meet these needs.”
As we’ve known for weeks now, the status-quo Senate Farm Bill draft did not meet the moment to address urgent crises — farmers going out of business, farmland affordability, unfair prices, credit access, corporate consolidation, processing constraints, and deepening hunger — faced by family-scale producers and their communities. Even so, last week's meeting did provide the opportunity for lawmakers to offer amendments that reflect the priorities NFFC farmer-members have long asked for.
READ OUR FULL RESPONSE: https://nffc.net/country-of-origin-labeling-a-bright-spot-in-failed-senate-farm-bill/
