New York Farm Bureau advocates for immigration reform
ALBANY – The New York Farm Bureau is pushing immigration reform that it claims would have a favorable impact on the farming workforce.
The organization on Wednesday released its national priorities for 2015 with immigration reform topping the list. According to the NYFB, there must be a flexible guest-worker visa program in place that addresseds both seasonal and long-term needs of New York agriculture.
The NYFB says enforcement-only action without reform threatens the workforce that many farmers and ranchers depend heavily upon.
“We need a stable workforce on our farms that benefits the rural economy and the local food supply,” said NYFB President Dean Norton during a conference call with reporters. “It must be comprehensive. Enforcement-only reforms put the chicken before the egg, so to speak. They all need to go together.”
The NYFB is especially concerned as the U.S. House of Representatives looks to move ahead with enforcement-only action that could cost American farmers upward of $60 billion annually and raise food prices by as much as 5-6 percent, according to estimates from the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Other priorities for the NYFB for 2015 include altering the Food Safety Modernization Act which creates new rules for farmers when it comes to animal feed and the commodity value threshold that would trigger the new regulations on an individual farm. The organization is also honing in on the USDA’s rollout of the 2014 Farm Bill to ensure new programs and expanded crop insurance follow the intent of the law that was passed; and it’s continuing to fight the Clean Water Act expansion which proposes federal regulation of any water runoff, such as minor streams and even mud puddles, that might be connected to the Chesapeake Bay.
The organization on Wednesday released its national priorities for 2015 with immigration reform topping the list. According to the NYFB, there must be a flexible guest-worker visa program in place that addresseds both seasonal and long-term needs of New York agriculture.
The NYFB says enforcement-only action without reform threatens the workforce that many farmers and ranchers depend heavily upon.
“We need a stable workforce on our farms that benefits the rural economy and the local food supply,” said NYFB President Dean Norton during a conference call with reporters. “It must be comprehensive. Enforcement-only reforms put the chicken before the egg, so to speak. They all need to go together.”
The NYFB is especially concerned as the U.S. House of Representatives looks to move ahead with enforcement-only action that could cost American farmers upward of $60 billion annually and raise food prices by as much as 5-6 percent, according to estimates from the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Other priorities for the NYFB for 2015 include altering the Food Safety Modernization Act which creates new rules for farmers when it comes to animal feed and the commodity value threshold that would trigger the new regulations on an individual farm. The organization is also honing in on the USDA’s rollout of the 2014 Farm Bill to ensure new programs and expanded crop insurance follow the intent of the law that was passed; and it’s continuing to fight the Clean Water Act expansion which proposes federal regulation of any water runoff, such as minor streams and even mud puddles, that might be connected to the Chesapeake Bay.
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