2021 ISSUE LETTERS

• 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, along with 221 other organizations, send letter to House and Senate leadership requesting sustained funding for USDA’s Wildlife Services program.

• RACA joins coalition urging an increase for 302(a) allocations for Appropriations Committees in Fiscal Year 2022 and the 302(b) allocations for the respective Agriculture Appropriations subcommittees.

• RACA signs letter with other national organizations to Congressional leaders to promote U.S. agricultural exports. 

• RACA joins 138 organizations requesting increased investment in research, education, extension, and economics programs.

• RACA and 47 others ask Congressional leaders to fully fund the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AgARDA) to support groundbreaking food, agriculture, and climate research.

• RACA and 57 other groups send letter to Congressional leaders on Crop Insurance Programs 

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

PAST ISSUE LETTERS

• 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

RURAL READS

Issues important to rural America - we've curated your list here. 

• 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