Farm Bureau President to Congress: Slash Regulations, Reform Immigration/Ag Labor

AFBF President Zippy Duvall and thousands of Farm Bureau members recently asked Congress to pass sweeping reform of regulations that burden the lives of farmers and ranchers. Their request followed by days the introduction of major legislation to reassert congressional authority over agencies that increasingly ignore the law and basic constitutional limitations on their power.

'The election should send a message-loud and clear-to our politicians: ignore rural America at your own risk!' Duvall said.

During his address at the AFBF's Annual Convention & IDEAg Trade Show in Phoenix, Duvall issued his request for Farm Bureau members to send e-mails-using their smart phones-to Congress about the need for regulatory reform. And they responded on-the-fly.

Duvall also called on Farm Bureau members to explain how, every day, the men and women who grow food for America and the world work to make the environment better.