2022 ISSUE LETTERS

• RACA and 50 other organizations send letter to House and Senate appropriators urging adequate funding for USDA Agricultural Research Service activities.

• RACA joined more than thirty agriculture, rural, and mental health professional organizations in supporting the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network in FY2023 Appropriations. 

• RACA joined national, state, and local organizations in a letter to House and Senate appropriators requesting federal funding support for USDA Wildlife Services

• RACA joins over 50 groups supporting funding for the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority, or AgARDA, a program authorized by the 2018 Farm Bill. 

• RACA joins other groups send letter to the Biden Administration on Crop Insurance Programs 

• RACA joins the Rebuild Rural Coalition in letter to President Joe Biden

• RACA joins others in urging the White House to address Mexico's approach to agricultural biotechnology. RACA and nearly 125 organizations send letter in support of the America Grows Act to provide continued sustained funding for agricultural research and improvement.

• RACA Sends Letter of Support on Montana Headwaters Legacy Act RACA Comments on Pasture,Rangeland, Forage Rainfall Index Crop Insurance Program

• RACA joins coalition requesting COVID relief specific to broadband

• RACA asks Congress to replenish Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) in FY2020 Continuing Resolution 

• RACA and others request deadline extension for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 

• RACA joins letter requesting funding for Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Quarantine Inspection (AQI) Program 

• RACA Applauds Investment in Rural Water and Wastewater Infrastructure​

• RACA joins letter in support of Broadband DATA Act 

• RACA joins 50+ Organizations in Letter to House and Senate Appropriators Urging Funding for U.S. Geological Survey’s 3D Elevation Program

• RACA joins 75 groups in support of funding for conservation programs

• RACA joins over 30 others in supporting funding for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network

• AT&T Blog: These Rural Entrepreneurs Rely on Accessible, Affordable Connectivity

• Agri-Pulse: Rural America's Moonshot

• Forbes: USDA Invests $600 Million In Rural Broadband, But Farmers Still Struggle To Connect

• Argus Leader: Fuel economy standards don’t work for South Dakota