Tour exposes U.S. Rep. Davids to real-world peril of political delay in finishing new farm bill
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 16, 2023
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids’ agriculture tour in her eastern Kansas district included a Miami County no-till crop farm, a poultry and livestock operation in Anderson County, the Johnson County organic vegetable business, a Franklin County cooperative and a community educational farm in Wyandotte County.
It was a stop at the Garnett dairy owned by Christi Ratliff that put into better focus the detrimental economic forces that come into play if Congress didn’t thoughtfully, promptly renew the nation’s five-year farm bill this year.
Baseline goals of the original farm bill . . .
