IFCA was in Washington DC this week meeting with the Illinois congressional delegation, USDA, and EPA. IFCA also met with the Illinois delegation pertaining to ongoing conversations surrounding moving the farm bill to the end of November and December. Click here to view some of the top priorities that IFCA is asking for in the farm bill. IFCA also spoke about labor and transportation struggles going on inside the industry.

 

IFCA had a great discussion with EPA and USDA regarding the herbicide strategy and how it is going to affect our ag retail members. We will have further information in the coming weeks of what we learned from EPA and USDA on how they plan to implement the herbicide strategy going forward.