Farm Bill Coalition Letter

Letter

Dear Speaker Johnson, Leader Jeffries, Chair Thompson, Ranking Member Scott, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Chair Stabenow, and Ranking Member Boozman:

The undersigned organizations and companies represent a diverse array of farm bill stakeholders encompassing agriculture, nutrition, conservation, environmental, rural development and many other sectors. We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year.

Millions of Americans rely daily on the provisions of the farm bill to produce food, fiber and fuel; to feed their families and others around the world; to voluntarily conserve fish and wildlife and their habitat; to provide sustainable solutions for clean air and water; to provide a producer safety net; to facilitate international trade; to create local jobs and robust economies; and to support rural development nationwide.

If Congress does not come together this year to enact a bipartisan farm bill, the legislative process will begin anew in the 119th Congress. Given the significant legislative, and possibly administrative, duties of a new Congress including the seating of new leadership and committees, Senate nominations, and other essential actions during the first months of the 119th Congress, we have concerns that it may not be logistically or politically feasible to advance a new farm bill early in the next Congress. As committed stakeholders and beneficiaries of the farm bill, we cannot continue to wait for updated policies, provisions, initiatives and critical funding that support our collective interests.

Therefore, we respectfully and strongly urge you to craft a bipartisan farm bill that can pass your respective chambers and be conferenced and enacted in this Congress. We have full confidence that under your leadership and with a bipartisan commitment to the American people, you will enact a 2024 farm bill that continues the exemplary track record of innovative and modernized farm and food policy to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Thank you for considering our request. We look forward to working with you to bring a bipartisan 2024 farm bill to fruition.

Sincerely,
AgCountry Farm Credit Services
AgCredit, ACA
AgGeorgia Farm Credit
AgriBank, FCB
AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky
Agribusiness Council of Indiana
Agricultural Leaders of Michigan
Agricultural Retailers Association
Agriculture Energy Coalition
Agri-Mark, Inc.
Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies (ASA, CSSA, SSSA)
AgTexas Farm Credit
Alabama Ag Credit
Alabama Farm Credit
Altamaha Riverkeeper
Amcot
American Beekeeping Federation
American Biogas Council
American Bird Conservancy
American Chestnut Land Trust
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Farmland Trust
American Pulse Association
American Rivers
American Seed Trade Association
American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA)
American Soybean Association
American Sportfishing Association
American Sugar Alliance
American Sugar Cane League
American Sugarbeet Growers Association
American Woodcock Society
AmericanHort
Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy
Anaconda Sportsmen’s Club
Angler Action Foundation
Appalachian Mountain Club
Appalachian Voices
Archery Trade Association
Arizona Cotton Growers Association
Arizona Crop Protection Association
Arizona Dairy Producers Trade Association
Arizona Farm Bureau
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arizona Nursery Association
Arizona Pork Council
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Arkansas Pork Producers Association
Arkansas Soybean Association
Arkansas Wildlife Federation
Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI)
Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Austin Chapter 10 IWLA
BASF Corporation
Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.)
Bayer
Bayou Land Conservancy
Bernheim Forest and Arboretum
Biotechnology Innovation Organization
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Black Appalachian Coalition
Blood Origins
Bongards’ Creameries
Brattset Family Farm
Caddo Lake Institute
California Beet Growers Association
California Citrus Mutual
California Dairies, Inc
California Farm Bureau
California Prune Board
California Specialty Crops Council
California Waterfowl
Catoctin Land Trust
Cayuga Marketing
Center for Dairy Excellence
Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation
Center for Rural Affairs
Ceres
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage
Clean Wisconsin
ClearPath Action
Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed
Coastal Prairie Conservancy
CoBank
Colorado Dairy Farmers
Colorado Pork Producers Council
Colorado Potato Legislative Association
Colorado Sorghum Growers Association
Colorado Wildlife Federation
Compeer Financial
Congaree Land Trust
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
Conservation Blueprint
Conservation Federation of Missouri
Conservation Northwest
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania
Cooperative Milk Producers Association
Cooperative Network
Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Corn Refiners Association
Cotton Growers Warehouse Association
Council of Producers & Distributors of Agrotechnology
Council of the GreatLakes Region
Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau
CropLife America
Dairy Farmers of America
Dairy Farmers of America SWAC
Dairy Producers of New Mexico
Dairy Producers of Utah
Defenders of Wildlife
Delaware Nature Society
Delta Waterfowl
Ducks Unlimited
EcoForesters
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
Environmental Defense Fund
Far West Agribusiness Association
Farm Credit Bank of Texas
Farm Credit Council
Farm Credit East, ACA
Farm Credit Illinois
Farm Credit Mid-America
Farm Credit of Florida
Farm Credit of the Virginias
Farm Credit Services of America
Farm Credit Services of Mandan
Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry
FarmFirst Dairy Co-op
FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative
First District Association
Flint Riverkeeper Inc.
Florida Division of the Izaak Walton League of America
Florida Sugar Cane League
Florida Wildlife Federation
Fly Fishers International
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina
For Love of Water (FLOW)
Foremost Farms USA
Forest Landowners Association
Forterra NW
Friends of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of the Chicago River
Friends of the Mississippi River
Frontier Farm Credit
Gadsden County Farm Bureau
Gallatin Wildlife Association
Galveston Bay Foundation
Gathering Waters: Wisconsin’s Alliance for Land Trusts
Genesis Acres Organic Cattle Ranch
Georgia Agribusiness Council
Georgia Bio
Georgia Department of Natural Resources – Wildlife Resources Division
Georgia Milk Producers, Inc.
Georgia Wildlife Federation
Ginkgo Bioworks
Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council , Inc.
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
GreenLatinos
GreenStone Farm Credit Services
Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities
GROWMARK Inc.
High Plains Farm Credit
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, USA-JPIC
Hoosier Environmental Council
Horizon Farm Credit
Houston Safari Club Foundation
Hudson Highlands Land Trust, Inc.
Idaho Dairymen’s Association, Inc.
Idaho Grower Shippers Assn.
Idaho Pork Producers Association
Idaho Potato Commission
IL Corn Gowers Association
Illinois Division IWLA
Illinois Environmental Council
Illinois Farm Bureau
Illinois Milk Producers Association
Illinois Pork Producers Association
Illinois Seed Trade Association
Illinois Soybean Growers
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America
Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Indiana Corn Growers Association
Indiana Dairy Producers
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indiana Forestry & Woodland Owners Association
Indiana Pork Producers Association
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Indiana Sportsmens Roundtable
Indiana Wildlife Federation
Intermountain West Joint Venture
Intertribal Timber Council
Iowa chapter of The Wildlife Society
Iowa Corn Growers Association
Iowa Division, Izaak Walton League of America
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa Farmers Union
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Iowa Seed Association
Iowa Soybean Association
Iowa State Dairy Association
Iowa Wildlife Federation
Iowa Wildlife Federation – Smith Farm Enterprises and Romack Farms
Izaak Walton League of America
Izaak Walton League of America Florida Division
Izaak Walton League of America Ohio Division
K Gregg Consulting Conservation Communications
Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association/Kansas Grain and Feed Association
Kansas Dairy Association
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association
Kansas Pork Association
Kansas Soybean Association
Kansas Wildlife & Parks
Kentucky Dairy Development Council
Kentucky Pork Produers Association
Kentucky Prescribed Fire Council
Kentucky Resources Council, Inc.
Kentucky Soybean Association
Kentucky Waterways Alliance
Kentucky Woodland Owners Association (KWOA)
Keystone Cooperative
Lake Hopatcong Foundation
Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance
Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy
Land O’ Lakes, Inc.
Land Trust Alliance
League of Women Voters Upper Mississippi River Region ILO
Leelanau Conservancy
Lone Star Milk Producers
Longleaf Partnership Council
Louisiana Pork Producers Association
Louisiana Wildlife Federation
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Maine Potato Board
Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association
Massachusetts Forest Alliance
MeatEater
Michigan Agri-Business Association
Michigan Bean Commission
Michigan Bean Shippers
Michigan Farm Bureau
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Michigan Pork Producers Association
Michigan Soybean Association
Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Mid Atlantic Soybean Association
Midwest Assn. of Fish and Wildife Agencies
Midwest Dairy Coalition
Milk Producers Council (CA)
Milwaukee Area Land Conservancy, Inc.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Minnesota Conservation Federation
Minnesota Corn Growers Association
Minnesota Division, Izaak Walton League of America
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
Minnesota Forestry Association
Minnesota Pork Producers Association
Minnesota Sharp-tailed Grouse Society
Minority Outdoor Alliance
Mississippi Land Bank, ACA
Mississippi Pork Producers Association
Mississippi Soybean Association
Missouri Corn Growers Association
Missouri Dairy
Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Missouri Pork Association
Missouri Prairie Foundation
Missouri Soybean Association
Montana Agricultural Business Association
Montana Farm Bureau
Montana Pork Producers Council
Montana Seed Growers Association
Montana Wildlife Federation
Mount Joy Farmers Cooperative
Mule Deer Foundation
National Alliance of Forest Owners
National All-Jersey
National Association of Conservation Districts
National Association of Forest Service Retirees (NAFSR)
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
National Association of Wheat Growers
National Barley Growers Association
National Bison Association
National Bobwhite & Grassland Initiative
National Bobwhite & Grassland Initiative Foundation
National Corn Growers Association
National Deer Association
National Farmers Union
National Grain and Feed Association
National Milk Producers Federation
National Onion Association
National Organic Coalition
National Pest Management Association
National Pork Producers Council
National Potato Council
National Shooting Sports Foundation
National Sorghum Producers
National Sunflower Association
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
National Wild Turkey Federation
National Wildlife Federation
National Woodland Owners Association
Nebraska Corn Growers Association
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Nebraska Pork Producers Association
Nebraska Sorghum Producers
Nebraska Soybean Association
Nebraska State Dairy Association
NEMO Equipment, Inc.
Nevada Cattlemen’s Association
New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts
New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau
New Mexico Wine & Grape Growers Association
New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association
New York Farm Bureau
New York Pork Producers Coop Inc
New York State Division, IWLA
Normex, Inc.
North American Climate, Conservation and Environment(NACCE)
North American Grouse Partnership
North American Renderers Association
North Carolina Farm Bureau
North Carolina Pork Council
North Carolina Potato Association
North Carolina Soybean Producers Association
North Carolina Wildlife Federation
North Dakota Corn Growers Association
North Dakota Natural Resources Trust
North Dakota Soybean Growers Association
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, Inc.
Northeast Dairy Farmers Cooperatives
Northeast Dairy Producers Association
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
Northern California Regional Land Trust
Northern Prairies Land Trust
Northern Pulse Growers Association
Northwest Arkansas Land Trust
Northwest Dairy Association
Nuseed, Americas
NW Agricultural Cooperative Council
NYS Agribusiness Association
Ohio AgriBusiness Association
Ohio Conservation Federation
Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association
Ohio Dairy Producers Association
Ohio division Izaak Walton League of America
Ohio Farm Bureau
Ohio Pork Council
Ohio Soybean Association
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Oklahoma Pork Council
Oneida-Madison Milk Producers Cooperative Association
Oregon Dairy Farmers Association
Oregon Farm Bureau
Oregon Pork Producers
Oregon Women for Agriculture
Organic Seed Alliance
Orion: The Hunter’s Institute
Ozark Land Trust
Pairwise Plant Services, Inc.
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Partnership of Rangeland Trusts
PennFuture
Pennsylvania Audubon Council
Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association
Pennsylvania Division of the Izaak Walton League of America
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Pheasants Forever
Pines and Prairies Land Trust
Plains Land Bank
Plant Based Products Council
Potato Growers of Michigan, Inc.
Prairie Farms Dairy
Prairie Pothole Joint Venture
Premier Farm Credit
Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania
Quail and Upland Game Alliance
Quail Coalition
Quail Forever
Rayonier
Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association
REI Co-op
ReImagine Appalachia
Religious Coalition for the Great Lakes
Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment
Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust
Rise Up WV
Ruffed Grouse Society
Rural Action
Salisbury Association Land Trust
Sandhills Rod and Gun Club, Ellerbe, NC
Santa Fe Conservation Trust
Satilla Riverkeeper
Save Our Bosque Task Force
Schaefer Beef Consulting LLC
Scioto Cooperative Milk Producers’ Association
SITKA Gear
Slash Ranch
Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association
Society for the Protection of NH Forests
South Carolina Corn and Soybean Association
South Dakota Agri-Business Association
South Dakota Biotech
South Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society
South Dakota Dairy Producers
South Dakota Grasslands Initiative
South Dakota Pork Producers Council
South Dakota Soybean Association
South East Dairy Farmers Association
Southeast Dakota Prescribed Burn Association
Southeast Milk, Inc.
Southeastern Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA)
Southern AgCredit, ACA
Southern Crop Production Association
Southern Seed Association
Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance
Sustainable Food Policy Alliance
Synergy
Tall Timbers
Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
Tennessee Dairy Producers Association
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
Tennessee Pork Producers Assn
Tennessee Wildlife Federation
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Texas Association of Dairymen
Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Texas Conservation Alliance
Texas Corn Producers Association
Texas Farm Credit
Texas Foundation for Conservation
Texas Land Trust Council
Texas Pork Producers Association
Texas Soybean Association
Texas Wildlife Association
The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund
The Breakthrough Institute
The Conservation Fund
The Junction Coalition
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County
The Midwest Council on Agriculture
The Nature Conservancy
The Rio Puerco Rangeland Trust
The Trumpeter Swan Society
The Wildlife Society
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
Tillamook County Creamery Association
Trust for Public Land
Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust
U.S. Beet Sugar Association
U.S. Canola Association
U.S. Durum Growers Association
U.S. Pea and Lentil Trade Association
Unilever United States
United Dairy Farmers of Florida, Inc
United Dairymen of Arizona
United Potato Growers of America
United States Beet Sugar Association
UPL
Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.
UpstreamPgh
USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council
Utah Farm Bureau Federation
Utah Pork Producers Association
VanTilburg Farms Inc
Vermont Dairy Producers’ Alliance
Virginia Conservation Network
Virginia Division, IWLA
Virginia Farm Bureau
Virginia Grain Producers Association
Virginia Pork Council
Virginia Soybean Association
Virginia State Dairymen’s Association
Vision Bioenergy Oilseeds LLC
WA Friends of Farms and Forests
Walnut Council
Washington State Dairy Federation
Washington State Potato Commission
Waterkeepers Chesapeake
Watershed Association
West Georgia Chapter of Quail Forever
West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
West Virginia Division, IWLA
West Virginia Rivers Coalition
Western AgCredit
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Western States Dairy Producers Association
Wetland Conservation Policy Coalition
Whitetails Unlimited
Wildlife Forever
Wildlife Management Institute
Wildlife Mississippi
Wisconsin Agri-Business Association
Wisconsin Division Izaak Walton League of America
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Wisconsin Farmers Union (Member)
Wisconsin Pork Association
Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association
Wisconsin Sharp-tailed Grouse Society
Wisconsin Soybean Association
Wisconsin Trout Unlimited
Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association
World Wildlife Fund
WV Citizen Action
Wyncote Audubon Society
Wyoming Farm Bureau
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
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