As a farmer, you work from dawn to dusk. You plan. You budget. You worry. You sweat. You hope. You pray. And yet, one stroke of a pen in Washington, DC can do as much to make or break your profitability as the thousands of hours you devote to your crop each season.
If you believe...
the future of the soybean and corn industry is critically important to the success of US farmers...
Congress has a lot to say about whether or not you make money...
grain farmers need to have strong representation on Capitol Hill...
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News from NCGA
Action Team Raises Awareness on Farmer Mental Health (Mon, 16 May 2022)
Approximately one in four farmers struggle with mental health issues. NCGA asks farmers, their families, and the people they do business with to look for signs. NCGA’s Member and Consumer
Engagement Action Team (MCEAT) distributed a short, one-minute video asking our industry partners to assist in this effort. Working with allies in the lending
communities, retailer networks, grain elevator operators, and others, we are distributing this video widely throughout our networks and helping raise awareness.
“The Membership and Consumer Engagement Action Team has a real passion for this topic,” said Dan Nerud, vice chair of MCEAT and a farmer from Nebraska. “We wanted to do something in this space
that would have a real impact. A lot of organizations have done great work on creating resources. We decided that continuing to raise awareness amongst our closest industry partners, those who we see
and interact with almost daily, had the potential to bring something unique to the conversation and could yield material results.”
The video was released during Mental Health Awareness Month to amplify NCGA’s outreach to farmers on this critical issue.
“Mental Health Awareness Month is an important opportunity to help us normalize this topic,” said Lowell Neitzel, chairman of MCEAT and Kansas farmer. “Many farmers tend to be stoic by nature. But
it’s important for us to realize that we don’t face these challenges alone, and it helps to talk about them.”
According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate amongst the agriculture industry is nearly ten points above the national average. We urge all of
our industry partners to help us lookout for signs. Saying something could mean everything.
>> Read more
NCGA on Ag Undersecretary Nominee Taylor: No Better Person for Position (Fri, 13 May 2022)
President Biden announced today that he is appointing Alexis Taylor as undersecretary for trade and U.S. agricultural affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Taylor, currently the director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, has extensive experience working on agricultural issues.
“I have known Alexis in a professional capacity for well over a decade, and she is someone with a deep understanding of agriculture, particularly as it relates to foreign markets, and she is
widely respected by policymakers on both sides of the aisle,” said Brooke S. Appleton, vice president of public policy at the National Corn Growers Association. “I cannot think of a better person to
represent the Biden administration on this issue.”
Taylor has served as a policy expert on ag issues for several members of Congress on Capitol Hill and managed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services. An Iraq
veteran, Taylor grew up in Iowa on her family’s 160-year-old farm.
Taylor’s nomination will now go before the Senate for final confirmation.
>> Read more
Approximately one in four farmers struggle with mental health issues. NCGA asks farmers, their families, and the people they do business with to look for signs. NCGA’s Member and Consumer
Engagement Action Team (MCEAT) distributed a short, one-minute video asking our industry partners to assist in this effort. Working with allies in the lending
communities, retailer networks, grain elevator operators, and others, we are distributing this video widely throughout our networks and helping raise awareness.
“The Membership and Consumer Engagement Action Team has a real passion for this topic,” said Dan Nerud, vice chair of MCEAT and a farmer from Nebraska. “We wanted to do something in this space
that would have a real impact. A lot of organizations have done great work on creating resources. We decided that continuing to raise awareness amongst our closest industry partners, those who we see
and interact with almost daily, had the potential to bring something unique to the conversation and could yield material results.”
The video was released during Mental Health Awareness Month to amplify NCGA’s outreach to farmers on this critical issue.
“Mental Health Awareness Month is an important opportunity to help us normalize this topic,” said Lowell Neitzel, chairman of MCEAT and Kansas farmer. “Many farmers tend to be stoic by nature. But
it’s important for us to realize that we don’t face these challenges alone, and it helps to talk about them.”
According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate amongst the agriculture industry is nearly ten points above the national average. We urge all of
our industry partners to help us lookout for signs. Saying something could mean everything.
>> Read more
NCGA on Ag Undersecretary Nominee Taylor: No Better Person for Position (Fri, 13 May 2022)
President Biden announced today that he is appointing Alexis Taylor as undersecretary for trade and U.S. agricultural affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Taylor, currently the director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, has extensive experience working on agricultural issues.
“I have known Alexis in a professional capacity for well over a decade, and she is someone with a deep understanding of agriculture, particularly as it relates to foreign markets, and she is
widely respected by policymakers on both sides of the aisle,” said Brooke S. Appleton, vice president of public policy at the National Corn Growers Association. “I cannot think of a better person to
represent the Biden administration on this issue.”
Taylor has served as a policy expert on ag issues for several members of Congress on Capitol Hill and managed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services. An Iraq
veteran, Taylor grew up in Iowa on her family’s 160-year-old farm.
Taylor’s nomination will now go before the Senate for final confirmation.
>> Read more
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