Writer – Samantha Fairbanks
This yr’s Agriculture and Environmental Legislation Convention keynote panel will talk about the 2023 Farm Invoice. The panel options Dr. Stephanie Mercier, an agricultural coverage marketing consultant, alongside Dr. Roger Cryan, the Chief Economist on the American Farm Bureau Federation. The dialogue will revolve round themes policymakers will doubtless contemplate in drafting the upcoming farm invoice, together with Farm Manufacturing and Conservation; Commerce and Overseas Agricultural Affairs; Rural Growth; and Meals and Vitamin Safety. The panelists will talk about proposed adjustments and updates to the following Farm Invoice and their potential social and financial penalties. Moreover, the panel will look at some key constraining components for the 2023 laws, together with a scarcity of extra delegated funding and the potential funding reallocation after the November election.
The 2023 Farm Invoice panel is a chance for farmers, attorneys, and associated stakeholders to discover this expansive laws. The panel will spotlight which components of the Farm Invoice are most necessary for farm landowners to concentrate to throughout this legislative cycle. Moreover, attendees can have the chance to ask panelists questions concerning the laws.
Dr. Mercier is an agricultural coverage marketing consultant for Agricultural Views and the Farm Journal Basis. Earlier than turning into a marketing consultant, Dr. Mercier spent 14 years engaged on the Senate Agriculture committee. She labored instantly on the 2002 and 2008 Farm Payments whereas with the Senate Agriculture committee. Dr. Mercier recollects her pleasure when she acquired to take an energetic position in drafting these landmark items of laws. Dr. Mercier is captivated with discussing the 2023 Farm Invoice, particularly relating to Maryland’s farming group.
To attend the 2023 Farm Invoice panel and listen to from Dr. Mercier, register for the 2022 Agricultural and Environmental Legislation Convention right here. This yr’s convention will likely be held in individual and nearly on October 28, 2022, on the Crowne Plaza Lodge in Annapolis.
