Farm Groups to Launch ‘Enough is Enough Tour’ Ahead of Farm Bill Debates

Published on April 23, 2024

A group of 16 farmer organizations is preparing to launch a multi-state tour as Congress is about to debate the farm bill. They are calling on Congress to pass legislation that eliminates government checkoff programs and creates a “level playing field” for America’s farmers and ranchers. “The Enough Is Enough Tour is a unified platform for farmers and ranchers to voice the disastrous impacts of the current system on their lives and livelihoods and to demand reforms that bring prosperity and fair competition to agriculture,” said Angela Huffman, vice president of Farm Action Fund, sponsor and organizer of the tour, in a statement....

Continue reading on website
Other news

Kyiv Challenges Russian Claims of Major Advances Along Donetsk Frontline

April 23, 2024
Russia has announced the capture of a second village in the eastern Donetsk region—in as many days—but officials in Kyiv insist that the fighting continues.“We are not going to move anywhere but forward,” Yevhen Shmataliuk, commander of a Ukrainian assault brigade, said in an April 22 interview.Earlier on the same day, Russia’s defense ministry claimed its forces had established full control over

Less Than a Fifth of Canadians Support the Latest Budget: Poll

April 23, 2024
Just 17 percent of Canadians support the Liberal government’s recently tabled federal budget,  according to a new poll, compared to 40 percent who are opposed to it and 43 percent who are neutral.The Ipsos survey, conducted from April 17 to 18 with a sample of 1,001 Canadians, found that the budget had the most support in Atlantic Canada (29 percent) followed by Ontario (20 percent), and British C