{"id":60399,"date":"2025-06-10T18:17:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/?p=60399"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:11:19","slug":"comment-nsac-unpacks-the-house-fy26-agriculture-appropriations-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/blog\/comment-nsac-unpacks-the-house-fy26-agriculture-appropriations-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment: NSAC Unpacks the House FY26 Agriculture Appropriations Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact: Laura Zaks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>press@sustainableagriculture.net&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Comment: NSAC Unpacks the House FY26 Agriculture Appropriations Bill<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Washington, DC, June 10, 2025 \u2013 <\/em>The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) issued the following comment, attributable to <strong>Mike Lavender, NSAC Policy Director, <\/strong>ahead of Wednesday\u2019s House Appropriations Committee markup of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe FY2026 House bill is a setback for farmers. The proposal makes outsized cuts to relatively small programs in the name of fiscal responsibility, reducing access to new market opportunities and limiting on-farm productivity and resilience, and ultimately leaving farmers and their communities in a lurch.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe bill slashes the Value-Added Producer Grant program by 56%; Conservation Technical Assistance by 9%; and the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program &#8211; the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)\u2019s only farmer-driven research program &#8211; by 16%. The proposal would entirely eliminate funding for two federal programs &#8211; the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production and the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative. The bill also includes language limiting the USDA\u2019s authority under the Packers and Stockyards Act, squelching fair competition for our nation\u2019s livestock and poultry farmers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cOne bright spot in the bill &#8211; report language supporting the important role that direct purchases from local and regional producers play in strengthening local and regional food systems &#8211; is unfortunately overshadowed by an underlying bill that disinvests in those same producers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee released full details of its FY2026 Agriculture Appropriations proposal, including <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/AP\/AP00\/20250611\/118388\/BILLS-119-FC-AP-FY2026-AP00-FY26AgricultureFullCommitteeMark.pdf\">bill text<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/AP\/AP00\/20250611\/118388\/HMKP-119-AP00-20250611-SD002.pdf\">report<\/a>. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FY26-Appropriations-Chart-1.pdf\">NSAC&#8217;s FY2026 Appropriations chart<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>###<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>About the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)<\/em><em>The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is a grassroots alliance that advocates for federal policy reform supporting the long-term social, economic, and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities. 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