Tag: Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Celebration of Modern Agriculture

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One of LICA’s first visits on the National Mall was with Bill Hurley, Vice President of Global Government Affairs for AGCO Corporation and Chairman of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Agriculture Sector Board. The event is organized by AEM and features a display of the technology in farm machinery that’s helping to feed and fuel a growing global population. Exhibiting companies shared how advanced technology is helping farmers not only increase production but also protect the environment with improved sustainability. Hurley says technology enables farmers to apply precision practices to individual plants in a field.

Hurley expressed the importance of associations like LICA in the event to build awareness on the role that agriculture plays in the nation’s economy. Hurley also discussed how agricultural is one of the premier stewards of the land and uses advanced technology to preserve the land and increase productivity.

Push for New Technology to Support Conservation

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Equipment manufacturers are rallying support of The Precise Act to expand the definition of conservation practices and allows producers to access conservational loans to finance new technologies.

Technology and conservation have always gone hand and hand. By expanding the definition of conservation practices in USDA programs, American farmers and ranchers will be able to leverage their technology investments in their conservation efforts.

Precision agriculture increases crop yields while lowering overall inputs and environmental impacts. The expansion of affordable precision agriculture technologies and applications have the potential to substantially increase crop yields, improve distribution, and reduce input costs, all while lowering emissions and preventing soil degradation.

I Make America and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers are watching intensely to see if these two pieces of important legislation will be incorporated into the Farm Bill.

Infrastructure, Farm Bill, WOTUS Key Issues at National LICA Legislative Committee Meeting

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Kip Eideberg, the top lobbyist for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), briefed the Committee on developments in the new Congress. Eideberg stated that the Farm Bill reauthorization is well underway with both the House and the Senate Agriculture Committees are holding field hearings in preparation of submitting their legislative proposals. Farm programs and infrastructure spending both face increased scrutiny as the Republican led House looks to reduce federal spending.

While ConExpo was being held, Congress was busy trying to bring some sense to the back and forth regulatory/legal confusion over Waters of the US (WOTUS).