AFBF Opposes House Climate Change Bill

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) said the climate change legislation unveiled in Congress ignores the complex needs of a very diverse U.S. ag industry.

In a letter to members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, AFBF President Bob Stallman said that while the bill does not include agriculture under the greenhouse gas cap provisions, in other respects, the bill fails to include key principles AFBF identified as critical to U.S. agriculture.

“We have consistently advocated that any cap-and-trade bill must: recognize and support the benefits agriculture can provide; make economic sense for agriculture; provide for a strong leadership role for USDA; and base any carbon sequestration program on sound science,” Stallman said.