Senator Marsha Blackburn spoke at the 83rd annual Tennessee Farm Bureau Presidents Conference. Senator Blackburn assured the farmers that she fully supports them, and that lawmakers are hard at work in Washington crafting the new 2023 Farm Bill.
Thomas Capps: Senator Marsha Blackburn updating Tennessee farmers on happenings in Washington. Hello and welcome to Tennessee Home and Farm Radio. I'm Thomas Capps.
Thomas Capps: Farmers from across Tennessee are in Franklin today for the 83rd annual Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation President's Conference. The two day meeting gives farmers the chance to hear from political leaders and experts on key issues impacting the agriculture industry. On Thursday, US Senator Marsha Blackburn spoke at the conference assuring that she has farmers backs and that they're hard at work crafting the 2023 Farm Bill in Washington.
Senator Marsha Blackburn: I'm in each of our state's 95 counties every year. And as I talk to leaders in our farm and ag sector, they repeatedly talked to me about how difficult regulation taxation litigation makes their life.
Thomas Capps: Senator Blackburn isn't sure a new Farm Bill will be passed by the September deadline, but she is opt that one will be passed by years end.
Senator Marsha Blackburn: It doesn't matter if it's row crops or dairy farms. What they want is to make certain that there is a certainty and a continuation like you said, not something that goes for 12 months that there's something that's going to go for five or 10 years.
Eric Mayberry: To have those type folks like the Senator to come in here and visit with us for a few minutes. It just speaks volumes about the respect they have for our organization as a whole and how we operate. From that grassroots, your way of doing business.
Thomas Capps: Tennessee Farm Bureau President Eric Berry says this meeting is a great venue for conversations and information on key issues to be shared, as Farm Bureau policy for next year begins to be crafted.
Eric Mayberry: That's grassroots and it may us we're talking to one another. We're surfacing ideas and issues that we all need to be behind as a as a as a whole voice of Tennessee agriculture for Tennessee
Thomas Capps: For Tennessee Home and Farm Radio. I'm Thomas Capps.
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