Agriculture Energy Coalition Statement on Farm Bill Markup

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, the House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing to mark up the
Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 – draft farm bill legislation.
Lloyd Ritter, director of the Agriculture Energy Coalition, released the
following statement in reaction:

“The House Agriculture Committee has a long history of working in a
bipartisan manner to support farmers, ranchers, foresters and rural
businesses. There is strong bipartisan support for the renewable energy
and energy efficiency programs in the farm bill, which have a demonstrated
record of success in boosting the economic health of rural
communities.

“The Agriculture Energy Coalition greatly appreciates the support
expressed by members of the Committee to keep the energy title intact,
to further improve the programs, to provide the farm bill energy
programs strong mandatory funding, and to continue incentivizing new
biobased innovations and technologies – aspects that are lacking in the
draft proposal. The coalition’s members look forward to working with
Congress to pass a farm bill that reauthorizes the energy title programs
with appropriate mandatory funding.”

Contacts

Agriculture Energy Coalition
Lloyd Ritter, 202-215-5512