2020 ISSUE LETTERS

• 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

• RACA joins groups in support of H.R. 4482, Protecting America’s Food & Agriculture Act of 2019

PAST ISSUE LETTERS

• ​RACA joins in letter to White House urging "Do No Harm" to Federal Crop Insurance Progra

• RACA Statement on FCC Plan to Host Public Spectrum Auction

• RACA Statement on October 23, 2019 STELAR Hearing

• RACA Urges Senate Commerce Committee Leaders to Oppose STELAR Reauthorization

• RACA Joins Organizations in Support of Increased Agricultural Research Funding 

• STATEMENT: Rural & Agriculture Groups to Congress: Let STELAR Expire​

• LETTER: Rural & Agriculture Organizations Urge Congress to Let STELAR Expire 

• RACA and 39 Others Asks Congress for Increased Funding for the U.S. Geological Survey's 3D Elevation Program

• RACA and the Friends of Agricultural Statistics and Analysis Urge Federal Investment to Advance Agricultural Statistics and Research

• RACA Joins Others Supporting the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network in FY2020 Appropriations

• RACA and others write to Congress to encourage investment in Western water infrastructure projects 

• RACA Joins 60 Organizations in Support of Ag Research Funding in FY2020 Appropriations

• RACA and the Crop Insurance Urges Secretary Perdue and Congressional Leaders to Oppose Cuts to Crop Insurance During this Year's Budget Process. 

• RACA Joins 240+ Organizations Urging Congress to Pass Bipartisan Legislation with Focus on Unique Rural Infrastructure Needs #RebuildRural 

• RACA joins other ag groups in letter to FCC urging streamlining of 5G deployment. 

• RACA joins 150 other national organizations urging swift passage of the farm bill. 

• RACA's South Dakota Chapter Invitation to Chairman Powell to Meet in Washington, D.C. 

• RACA and others urge support for Title 2 Conservation Programs in the 2018 Farm Bill

• RACA and Others Request Budget Increase for USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

• Rural & Agriculture Groups Express Support for 340B Program 

• RACA and others Concerned with USDA-ARS Hiring Freeze

• RACA Joins Organizations in Urging Support for Farm Bill Research Title Improvements

• RACA joins Oregon health associations in support of 340B drug pricing program

• ​RACA joins other rural and agriculture groups to voice concerns with a proposal to the FCC seeking to reserve additional spectrum for use by unlicensed wireless devices

• RACA thanks appropriators for strong support for agricultural conservation in the final agriculture appropriations legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2017

• Family Business Coalition sends letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin urging an immediate halt to the estate tax

• RACA joins 285 agricultural and science organizations askign Congress to reject the Administration's proposed cuts to research investments and negotiate increased discretionary spending caps for next yea

• RACA and 45 other organizations join letter to Congress urging increased funding for agricultural reserach priorities. 

• RACA urges Congress to find Bipartisan Solutions to Regulatory Reform 

• RACA joins national and state agriculture, conservation, and sportsmen's groups to ask Congress to strengthen USDA APHIS Wildlife Services program resources.

• Letter to Chairmen Frelinghuysen and Aderholt and Ranking Members Lowey and Bishop​

• Letter to Chairmen Cochran and Leahy and Ranking Members Hoeven and Merkley

• RACA joins 200+ other organizations in support of rebuilding infrastructure in rural America

• Letter to House and Senate Budget and Appropriations committee leaders urging Congress to reject calls for additional cuts to the Farm Bill

• RACA joins Family Business Coalition and 119 organizations opposing unfair Treasury 'Death Tax' regulations.

• Letter to U.S. House Agriculture Committee  for hearing on American Agricultural Trade with Cuba 

• RACA Urges Reconsideration of FCC’s Business Data Services Proposal

• Final USACC Appropriations Letter

• USDA Cuba Trade Appropriations

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