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Federal and state legislators heard on Tuesday from Cambria County farmers how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has hurt the agriculture business locally.
Weakland Farms in Portage Township was the site of the Cambria County Farm Bureau's 2020 legislative farm tour, an event that's held each summer as a way for Farm Bureau members to communicate to policy-makers the issues on which they're focused.
U.S. Reps. Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-PA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) joined a bipartisan Pennsylvania contingent in seeking a deadline extension for states and localities to spend Coronavirus Relief Funds authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Leaders in congress and the agriculture industry came together for the second annual agriculture summit hosted Congressman Glenn Thompson at Mount Aloysius College in Cambria County.
Due to coronavirus concerns, the summit was hosted via Zoom. But the new format didn't stop officials from discussing the multitude of ways the state has stepped up to support farmers.
Back in January, farmers in Pennsylvania and around the United States were hopeful that 2020 would be "a year of recovery," Pennsylvania Farm Bureau President Rick Ebert said Monday.
"We've been in eight years of a down farm economy, and things were really starting to come together," said Ebert, who has a farm near New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, during a summit on agriculture policy hosted by U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Centre, at Mount Aloysius College.
Mounting their own recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is one thing.
Being targeted for funding cuts due to a multi-billion-dollar state budget shortfall is another that Indiana County's agriculture industry is fighting.
Being unfairly restricted and taxed under stormwater management regulations is another burden local farmers say they want stopped.
Washington Week in Review: Aug. 7, 2020: Rep. Glenn Thompson on COVID aid, new farm bill
Negotiations on new coronavirus aid from Capitol Hill are showing no signs of real progress, leaving many to wonder what the relief picture will look like for production agriculture and federal nutrition assistance. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., joins Agri-Pulse to discuss the state of those talks and how farm policy might respond to the pandemic and other challenges in the years to come.
U.S. Rep. Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-PA) unveiled a bipartisan bill this week that would extend the period for local counties across America to spend pandemic emergency relief funds authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
The CARES Act appropriated $150 billion in COVID-19 relief funds to states and localities, but to date, many still have an unspent balance, according to the congressman's office.