The omnibus bill for agriculture, known as HF2278, is being conferences in the conference committee, ie, it is being tweaked and changed here and there to make it into the law it will eventually become, if the House and Senate can stay up late enough to ever vote on it.

Please contact your House Representative and Senator to encourage them to support the following points:

• Support the incusion of 1 million per year in the Soil Health Program (not the alternative $250K per year).
• Fund the Forever Green program with $1.5 million plus $500K “tails” in this bill. (There is some ambiguity in with this issue. The Senate side of the bill funds the program with 1.5, but the House gives it nothing. But, the House has it in another bill. For now, just ask for the 1.5 million in the ag bill.)
• Fund “Continuous Living cover” at $1.250 mil year 1, $250K year 2 plus $500 K tails.
• Support funding for a Climate Coordinator for $150k per biennium.
• Support $2.5 mil total for pollinators and perennial research.