The first farm bill conference committee meeting has been set for Sept. 5. The conferees from the House and Senate will try to iron out differences between their two bills in the panel. MWFPA state representatives included Rodney Davis (R-IL), John Shimkus (R-IL), and Sean Duffy (R-WI). Minnesota is represented on the panel by two […]
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Voters in WI and MN went to the polls on Tuesday to choose party nominees for a host of local and state elective offices. In WI two key races topped the ballot — the Republican primary for U.S. Senate and the Democratic primary for governor. There were primaries too for secretary of state and WI […]
Registration for MWFPA’s 114th Annual Convention & 91st Processing Crops Conference is now open! Our premier event, being held at the Kalahari Resort & Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI, November 27-29, 2018, draws over 900 attendees and presents the latest products, innovative ideas and technological advances of importance to the food processing industry. You […]
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to go conference with the House to iron out differences between their two versions of the farm bill. It also named its conferees. On July 18 the House voted to send the farm bill to conference, and following that vote, Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, […]
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-WI, recently met with a number of business representatives to discern how the trade war and tariffs are negatively affecting their efforts to maintain markets and prevent layoffs. Sen. Johnson concluded that in “farming and food processing, the retaliatory actions to U.S. tariffs will have a profoundly negative effect. “ The senator […]
The Ag and Legal Workforce Act (HR 6417) will not be voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives before its August recess, which begins Friday and lasts until after Labor Day. The American Dairy Coalition (ADC) said this week that supporters were urging House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, to bring to the measure to […]
The Ag and Legal Workforce Act, a measure to replace the old H-2A ag guestworker program, has been introduced by House Ag Chair Mike Conaway, R-TX, ranking House Ag Comm. member, Collin Peterson, D-MN, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-VA. The bill would create a new H-2C program that could […]
On Wednesday members of the Farm Bill conference committee from the House were announced and the roster includes a number of legislators from MWFPA member states. Among the conferees are House Ag Comm ranking member Collin Peterson (D-Minn), Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN), Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), and […]
Despite talk yesterday of a delay until next week, the House is scheduled to vote this afternoon to go to conference with the Senate on their respective farm bills. After the House vote, the Senate will hold its own motion to go to conference, which Sen. Ag. Chairman Pat Roberts on Tuesday said could happen […]
The U.S. House was expected to vote Thursday on a motion to go to conference on H.R. 2, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. However, the vote could get pushed back to next week due to the absence of Ag Comm ranking member Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) who needs to be back in his district that […]