Posted on 08/18/2022 2:39:10 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
It's heartbreaking what has happened to our American farmers. National Black Farmers Association President John Boyd, Jr. discusses the hardships American farmers are facing as President Biden aids others suffering from famine in Northern Africa.
John Boyd comments, "the soil does not asking him what color he is, what party he belongs to"
This man is speaking the truth. There's no doubt his conviction in his voice.The administration needs to do more for our farmers here in the USA!
Good find. Thank you for posting.
After Pigford I don’t want to hear any more from “black farmers”.
Sounds to me as if he is asking for help for all farmers, not just black farmers.
Maybe the U.S. government should try doing less TO them.
Don’t waste your time, they are more concerned about him being a negroe than people starving to death.
In Africa the culture has always been...
The MEN are Warriors! Not farmers.
The Women do all the work!
The kids herd cattle.
Same for other Primitive Cultures.
It didn’t take Stalin long to take over all the farm land sounds like a rerun about to happen.
Didn’t OBAMA pay off Black Farmers during his stay in the White House?
I remember blacks with small gardens or even flower pots getting government money.
I certainly wouldn’t be surprised. We should see what the White Farmers Assn thinks about this…
All this is very tragic.
These Kulaks are armed. Not going to be that simple.
It is not “just” farmers who will stop this.
Biden opened the border for a reason not going to be easy.
In the Netherlands they are attempting to shut down farming because of too much animal manure.
Say What? Animal manure is the best fertilizer there is! It appears they are trying to shut down the farmers and force them to start using chemical fertilizers.
Life has never been “easy”.
It never will.
Many have sworn to protect and defend the Constitution.
Some took that seriously. Some still feel bound.
It Is Time to Defend Domestic Specialty Crops
By Frank Giles
https://floridagrower.net/2022/07/11/opinion-it-is-time-to-defend-domestic-specialty-crops/?fbclid=IwAR0JyetzBHEWQ7aJTzEGcmvzrofS9vyNdujzI0tmdNKMB14uhDYp7-uinso
As the heat of summer sets in, many specialty crops have finished their seasons in the Southeast. While most crops saw good production this season, markets were again impacted by foreign competition, especially from Mexico. Surging prices for key inputs like fertilizer didn’t help the situation.
Even in specialty crops where volume was down due to weather, imports kept prices from rallying. This was true for blueberries. Freezes in January and March lowered blueberry production in Florida and Georgia. Mexico filled any shortfall in domestic production, so growers here could not enjoy a price benefit.
In June, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried provided testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade. She urged Congress to address unfair foreign trade practices causing decades-long harm to Florida farmers and the lack of protections for the domestic seasonal produce industry.
Fried provided the testimony in support of the Defending Domestic Produce Production Act (H.R. 3926 and S. 2080). The legislation was first introduced in 2018 but has yet to gain enough support for passage. Competing interests from different specialty crops and regions have made it difficult to pass into law.
Specialty CropsFlorida Senator Marco Rubio has introduced the Defending Domestic Produce Production Act several times for consideration by lawmakers. So far, the legislation has stalled.
FIXING A FLAW IN THE LAW
Specifically, the Defending Domestic Produce Production Act would ensure that U.S. trade law is applicable to seasonal fruit and vegetable growers to petition the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission in order to secure relief from unfair trade practices.
Current law requires petitioners to demonstrate harm as measured from a nationwide and year-round perspective, which by definition precludes the recognition of regional and seasonal fruit and vegetable industries. The bill would fix this oversight in U.S. trade law and acknowledge the unique circumstances of seasonal fruit and vegetable producers.
“Passing the Defending Domestic Produce Production Act is something that Congress can and should take up without further delay to protect the strength of our domestic industry while we continue to work together to navigate the current challenges facing the industry,” Fried noted in her testimony.
PLENTY OF PROOF
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has conducted extensive studies on how imports from Mexico are hurting growers in Florida. Fried outlined those findings in the testimony: “The Mexican government’s agricultural subsidies — in addition to their lower labor and environmental safety standards — allow Mexican producers to dump artificially low-priced products into the U.S. market. In 2021, these Mexican imports increased drastically. My department found that SINCE 2000, FLORIDA’S SHARE OF DOMESTIC U.S. MARKET HAS PLUNGED 40%, while MEXICO’S HAS EXPANDED BY 217%. In 2020, U.S. imports of Mexican-grown strawberries increased 27%, other berries increased 17%, bell peppers increased 16%, and that is only to name a few.”
So much of what is happening in the world these days reinforces the importance of having a safe, secure and abundant domestic food supply. While we live in a global economy that includes food, when our growers have crops in season, we need to do all that we can to protect their markets. This is the only way they can hope to be profitable and stay in business.
The Defending Domestic Produce Production Act is a good step in that direction. It would be worth a call to your representative and senators to let them know you support the bill.
Agree
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