The Animal Ag Alliance is busy monitoring federal and state legislative proposals currently under consideration. Hannah Thompson Weeman with the Alliance says they’re interested to see what happens in the U.S. House with the introduction of the Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act. If passed that would add an intelligence division the USDA to guard against any efforts to harm agriculture.
She says the general public is becoming more aware and appreciative of how important agriculture is and the need to protect it.
Weeman says they’re also watching state issues like the one in Colorado that’s calling for what’s known as a Meat Out as well as efforts to push back against it.
Weeman says besides monitoring legislation at the federal and state levels, the Animal Ag Alliance is preparing for its Virtual Stakeholders Summit which runs May 5 and 6, 2021.
