WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD-TV) — Agricultural groups are calling on lawmakers to secure more American agricultural purchases in the Food for Peace program.
Dalton Henry with U.S. Wheat Associates says both versions of the Farm Bill could get it done.
“At its core, Food for Peace represents a feeding program, and we believe pretty strongly that those dollars should be used to buy nothing other than U.S. products to ship abroad. I think both versions of the bill aim to place a minimum percentage on program funds that buy U.S. commodities and ship them overseas. Then recognize that it’s still going to take significant costs for the World Food Program to move that wheat from a warehouse, into a 50 kg bag, and then 1,000 miles across country, and so we want to recognize that, but also say, hey, at the end of the day, this program needs to be about moving food to the places that need it.”
Congress is currently on recess until after the midterm elections.
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