Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairman John Boozman said on Mar. 27 that he supports President Trump’s recent announcement of new policies aimed at helping American farmers.
The statement comes as family farmers face growing pressures, making support from the federal government important to their continued operations. Boozman said these efforts are practical steps toward ensuring producers have the resources needed to maintain their businesses and strengthen agriculture’s future.
“President Trump is focused on rural America and expanding opportunities to provide greater certainty to family farmers who face new pressures. Reducing barriers for producers to operate and ensuring they have the tools and resources needed to raise and grow our nation’s food are practical steps to maintaining their operations and strengthening the future of agriculture,” Boozman said.
He also pointed out that President Trump “secured historic investments in agriculture through the Working Families Tax Cuts that modernizes the farm safety net, enhances risk management tools and expands access to affordable crop insurance.” Boozman added, “I’m committed to building on that momentum and advancing Farm Bill 2.0.”
Boozman noted a farm assistance package would build on last year’s Farmer Bridge Assistance Program from the White House: “Combined with a farm assistance package that would build on the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program delivered by the White House last year, our farmers will be in a better position to continue producing the safest, most affordable and abundant supply of food in the world.”
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee was proposed by William Findlay as a way of elevating agriculture’s status within Congress according to its official website. The committee operates as a standing committee within the U.S. Senate according to its official website, with 23 members—12 Republicans and 11 Democrats according to its official website.
The committee manages legislation related not only to farming but also nutrition programs, forestry issues, food security, hunger concerns both domestically and internationally according to its official website. Historically it has influenced major agricultural policy areas such as price supports in the 1930s or international trade issues during the 1990s according to its official website.
It continues today overseeing legislation about farming practices along with nutrition programs while supporting research initiatives in agriculture according to its official website.
