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ISSUE: Federal conservation and climate-related programs are increasingly being influenced by environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating through “Public-Private Partnerships” with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). These partnerships allow outside activist organizations and private entities to exert influence over agricultural policy, conservation priorities, land management practices, and funding decisions affecting America’s farmers, ranc

ISSUE: The 2026 Farm Bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives included critical language from H.R. 4673, the Save Our Bacon Act, as an amendment designed to protect interstate commerce and prevent states from imposing agricultural production standards beyond their own borders. As the Farm Bill now moves to the United States Senate, it is imperative that this language remain intact in the final Farm Bill. The amendment was largely driven by the dangerous precedent es

ISSUE: The Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act, H.R. 1661, introduced by Vern Buchanan, seeks to prohibit horse processing in the United States and ban the transport of horses across U.S. borders for processing purposes. While supporters portray the legislation as a humane solution for horses, those of us in agriculture, animal husbandry, and rural America strongly disagree and believe the legislation would create serious unintended consequences for horse welfare, res

ISSUE: The “30x30” initiative creates significant concerns for agriculture and private property rights, because there remains no clear or enforceable limitation on how federal agencies may define “conserved” lands or waters. Farmers and ranchers fear that productive agricultural land could increasingly be targeted for conservation programs, restrictive easements, rewilding projects, habitat restoration, or regulatory limitations that reduce or eliminate productive use. Farm

ISSUE: Agricultural operational data is becoming one of the most valuable assets in the modern food system. Through sustainability programs, Climate-Smart initiatives, carbon markets, supply chain reporting, ESG frameworks, and precision agricultural systems, increasing amounts of farm-level data are being collected, aggregated, benchmarked, and incorporated into broader reporting systems. The issue is not opposition to conservation, stewardship, research, or voluntary incen

As stewards of our nation’s farmlands and advocates for rural communities, we know that private property rights are foundational to...

By AAW Member Mindy Patterson A statue of the blindfolded lady justice in front of the United States Supreme Court. In a landmark...