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Congressman Boehner holds Farm Forum
8th District Congressman and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) held his 23rd annual Farm Forum on Saturday, March 1. The focus of the day-long program was the new Farm Bill.
“A very timely subject to help everyone in our District understand what’s going on in agriculture and what’s going on in the new Farm Bill,” the Speaker said. “It’s not perfect, but I think they did a very nice job of coming to an agreement on the Farm Bill.”
When asked if it was important for farmers to continue to communicate with him, the Speaker told reporters he knows they’ll certainly hear about those aspects of the Farm Bill that aren’t working as intended.
“Maybe it was the way it was written, maybe because of the way it was implemented, I’ll guarantee you over the balance of this year we’ll be hearing about issues in the Farm Bill,” said Boehner. “And then we have to work to get those issues addressed.”
Larry Seibel of Preble County shared with Brownfield what he was taking away from the Farm Forum’s panel discussion on the Farm Bill.
“The biggest takeaway, it sounds like we’re trying to streamline the bill a little bit and we’re trying to do things that will protect the farmer without just flat-out giving him a paycheck, mainly through insurance,” Seibel said. “I think that is the correct way to go to support us.”
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