First Pioneer Farm Credit: About: Community Support



	Supporting Agriculture and Rural America Discussions. Hearings. Policy meetings. These are some of the ways First Pioneer, together with other Northeast associations and CoBank (the National Bank for Cooperatives in Denver, Colorado), is actively involved in legislative and regulatory issues at the state and national levels. Our policy role varies on each issue, from grass-roots actions to coalition building and lobbying efforts. Other examples including: Meetings with national and state legislators Letter-writing campaigns to policymakers Coalition group participation Tours for congressional staff Testimony at hearings Economic analysis reports How we work The most important role we play is to be a good source of information about Northeast agriculture. We coordinate information with general farm organizations and cooperatives to support issues, such as: Budget proposals that strengthen agriculture's competitive position Regulatory reforms to reduce our costs and allow us to serve the emerging needs of our members Expansion of Farm Credit's role in financing agriculture, farm-related businesses and other rural homeowners and businesses Federal milk market order reforms and dairy policies Crop insurance program reforms Tax changes, such as estate tax relief, reinstatement of the earned income credit for dairy farmers and local property tax reductions Fair implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act Inclusion of agriculture and Farm Credit in economic development programs at the state level Fair implementation of the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) by the Environmental Protection Agency Recent testimony supporting agriculture First Pioneer joins with the Farm Credit System and hundreds of agriculture and rural organizations in support of the changes to the 2007 Farm Bill relating to Farm Credit. Read here about these initiatives.			Public Policy AgEnhancement Grants Scholarships Scholarship Winners
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