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Wheat grower action needed
Kansas With the action taken early last week by the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, it has become even more critical that wheat producers in Kansas and around the nation make contact with their Members of Congress. The Subcommittee unanimously approved a renewal of the 2002 commodity title language with a few amendments, and sent that document on to the full House Agriculture Committee. The Kansas Association of wheat Growers along with the National Association of wheat Growers has been pushing hard for improvement in the direct payment in the farm bill for two reasons. First, of the three farm safety net programs included in the 2002 Farm Bill, only the direct payment came to wheat producers. Secondly, the wheat industry has been arguing for the raising of the direct payment to wheat producers in order the level the playing field among all the grain commodities. John Thaemert, a Sylvan Grove farmer who serves as president of the NAWG, said the week of June 17, "Wheat growers remain convinced that farm programs need to be rebalanced, and that the direct payments are vitally important." House Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota stated that if direct payments were compared to production costs, wheat lags significantly behind some other commodities. The NAWG and the KAWG remain fully committed to the rebalancing of the commodities and the placing of an emphasis on direct payments as the most reliable and trade compliant mechanism. Thaemert said the week of June 17, that the direct payment is the only one of the three safety nets that works when there are crop shortages due to drought or other weather disasters. It is critically important that Kansas wheat producers make contact with the members of the House and Senate from Kansas, to make sure those Senators and Representatives understand the need for improvement in the direct payment and the necessity for equality among the various commodities. Senator Brownback Overland Park Phone: 913-492-6378 Fax: 913-492-7253; Pittsburg Phone: 620-231-6040 Fax: 620-231-6347; Topeka Phone: 785-233-2503 Fax: 785-233-2616; Wichita Phone: 316-264-8066 Fax: 316-264-9078; Washington, DC Phone: 202-224-6521 Fax: 202-228-1265; brownback.senate.gov/. Senator Roberts Overland Park Phone: 913-451-9343 Fax: 913-451-9446; Topeka Phone: 785-295-2745 Fax: 785-235-3665; Wichita Phone: 316-263-0416 Fax: 316-263-0273; Garden City Phone: 620-275-1124 Fax: 620-275-1837; Dodge City Phone: 620-227-2244 Fax: 620-227-2264; Washington, DC Phone: 202-224-4774 Fax: 202-224-3514; roberts.senate.gov/. Congressman Jerry Moran Hays Phone: 785-628-6401 Fax: 785-628-3791; Hutchinson Phone: 620-665-6138 Fax: 620-665-6360; Salina Phone: 785-309-0572 Fax: 785-827-6957; Washington, DC Phone: 202-225-2715 Fax: 202-225-5124; www.jerrymoran.house.gov/. Congressman Todd Tiahrt Wichita Phone: 316-262-8992 Fax: 316-262-5309; Washington DC Phone: 202-225-6216 Fax: 202-225-3489; www.house.gov/tiahrt/. Congressman Dennis Moore Overland Park Phone: 913-383-2013 Fax: 913-383-2088; Kansas City Phone: 913-621-0832 Fax: 913-621-1533; Lawrence Phone: 785-842-9313 Fax: 785-843-3289; Washington, DC Phone: 202-225-2865 Fax: 202-225-2807; moore.house.gov/. Congresswoman Nancy Boyda Topeka Phone: 785-234-8111 Fax: 785-234-9111; Pittsburg Phone: 620-231-3011 Fax: 620-231-4011; Washington, DC Phone: 202-225-6601 Fax: 202-225-7986; boyda.house.gov/. Date: 7/19/07
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