LETTERS

ALL PUBLISHED LETTERS

ARA Signed Family Business Estate Tax Coalition Letter to Congress

May 24, 2021

ARA signed a letter with more than 100 organizations urging members of Congress to protect family-owned businesses from tax increases by defending stepped-up basis and opposing any changes to current law.

ARA Signs Tax Aggie Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Protect Sound Tax Policy

May 10, 2021

ARA co-signed a letter with 40 other organizations in the Tax Aggie Coalition to urge Congress to protect sound tax policy as they work to implement President Biden's American Families Plan.

ARA Signs Letters to President Biden, Congress Opposing the Ligado Order

Apr 22, 2021

ARA signed letters to President Joe Biden and members of Congress in strong opposition to the Ligado Order, which threatens to disrupt the reliability of satellite communications, GPS, and weather operations which enable precision farming techniques that have revolutionized the ag economy.

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ARA Signs Letter Urging Congress Includes the DRIVE-Safe Act in Infrastructure Package

Apr 14, 2021

ARA joined the more than 115 organizations signing a letter to members of the U.S. House and Senate Committees urging they include the bipartisan DRIVE-Safe Act in any major infrastructure legislative package and/or in the surface transportation reauthorization bill.

ARA Signed a Letter to Congress Opposing Unfairly Targeting Bioengineered Salmon

Apr 12, 2021

ARA signed on to a letter sent to Congressional leaders on the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committee opposing including language that unfairly targets bioengineered salmon in the FY 2022 Agriculture Appropriations bill. Read the letter to learn more about how this could have a chilling effect on innovation across the industry.

ARA Signed Coalition Letter Urging House Leaders to Waive PAYGO Requirements

Mar 18, 2021

ARA signed coalition letter urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to protect critical U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mandatory programs from harmful cuts as Congress considers the USDA budget implications of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

ARA Signed a Coalition Letter to Congress on Surface Transportation

Mar 17, 2021

ARA signed onto a coalition letter with more than 40 organizations to Congress with suggested ways to create a more environmentally responsible and economically viable freight transportation system. This will keep American agriculture competitive.

ARA Signs Death Tax Repeal Act Support Letter to Congress

Mar 16, 2021

ARA signed a Tax Aggie letter to Congress supporting the Death Tax Repeal Act which would permanently repeal the estate tax. The letter also asks Congress for help to make sure that the benefits of repeal are not eroded by the elimination of or restrictions to the use of the stepped-up basis.

ARA Signed a Letter to New EPA Administrator Regan

Mar 11, 2021

ARA signed onto a letter sent by the American Alliance for Innovation (AAI) coalition to the recently confirmed administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The letter emphasizes the need for transparency and cooperation around the effective implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

ARA Sent a Letter Supporting a USDA Grant Application on Cover Crop Seed

Mar 09, 2021

ARA sent a letter to the University of Missouri in support of a USDA-NIFA grant application on cover crop seed, "Catalyzing a Billion Cover Crop Seed Industry."