Mark Gebhards, Executive Director Governmental Affairs and Commodities, provides his weekly recap of issues. Topics covered: the Supreme Court ruling regarding Union Recruiting on California Farms and how it protects Private Property Rights; a bipartisan movement in the Senate on an Infrastructure Bill; the initial steps taken by the Senate Ag Committee to investigate livestock price transparency and movement by the USDA to assist local processing facilities; and the Growing Climate Solutions bill.
Illinois Farm Bureau President Rich Guebert provided a crop report. He shared information on State Issues, specifically the call the action regarding the Clean Energy Bill. He also talked about the initial phases of the Farm Bill.
Roundup with Ryan Whitehouse, Associate Director of Local Government and DeAnne Bloomberg, Director of Issue Management, discuss the importance of Local Government and getting involved at the local level.