Health Care is Personal for Rural America

Throughout the health care debate Farm Bureau has focused on two issues that are a make-it-or-break-it deal for producers and rural America: reducing health care costs and improving rural access to health care. read more »

AFBF Asks Ag Committees to Back Aggressive Trade Agenda

Combined, the Colombia, Panama and Korea free trade agreements represent almost $3 billion in increased U.S. agricultural exports. read more »

Agriculture is Bright Spot in a Bad Economy

Our elected leaders should take note of the role agriculture has played in shoring up the U.S. economy while ensuring a safe, plentiful food supply. read more »

AFBF Urges Congress to Pass Trade Agreements

AFBF wants the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee to take the lead in doubling U.S. exports over the next five years. read more »

Current News
-Statement Regarding EPA Announcement of Final Renewable Fuel Standard Rule
-AFBF Asks Ag Committees to Back Aggressive Trade Agenda
-AFBF Urges Congressional Leaders to Expedite Passage of Trade Agreements
-Statement Regarding President Obama's State of the Union Address
-Reply Letter by Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, to Three Scientists Who Wrote AFBF Regarding Climate Change Policy
-AFBF: Lincoln's Support Key to Reining in Regulations

View Video From the AFBF 91st Annual Meeting

State Roundup

Cap and Trade - All Pain, No Gain
-Texas Farm Bureau

January Update
-Arkansas Farm Bureau

Cold Weather Lambing
-Kansas Farm Bureau

Colorful Cattle
Kansas has lots of beef "on the hoof." The Sunflower state is second only to Texas in raising American beef. One Kansas ranching family has been running cattle for more than a hundred years and they've discovered that changing the color of their cows means more money on the range.

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