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NFU calls for immediate reopening of government

The Board of Directors of the National Farmers Union is calling for an immediate reopening of the government.

“It is having such a ripple effect all throughout the economy and out in rural America,” says Rob Larew, NFU’s senior vice president for policy and communications. He says the board has adopted a resolution (Friday) calling on both Congress and the President to come to an agreement to end the partial government shutdown which is affecting trade mitigation payments from going out to farmers, loan services and important data. Larew says it was a relief that the USDA opened some FSA offices temporarily but there are reports of problems, “We’re hearing of challenges even in those where not enough folks were there that had the authority to do the things that they had expected to do and some offices that were listed to open simply didn’t open.

Larew says the shutdown threatens the implementation of the 2018 farm bill that was meant to provide certainty, “How ironic it is that we get a farm bill done and the government shuts down?”

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