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Friday Sep 4, 2009
NAWG Reverses Policy on Climate Change

A statement Friday from Karl Scronce, National Association of Wheat Growers president and a wheat producer from Klamath Falls, Ore.:

“The NAWG Board of Directors met this morning via conference call and voted 26 to 2 to approve a new resolution regarding greenhouse gas regulation. The Board also voted 24 to zero to remove existing resolutions relating to greenhouse gas regulation and an agriculture cap-and-trade program.

“The new resolution reads:

“’NAWG is opposed to greenhouse gas legislation or regulation that has a negative impact on production agriculture. NAWG will strive for a net economic benefit to farmers, agriculture and food production. We believe neither greenhouse gas regulation nor legislation should take effect until the major carbon emitting countries of the world have agreed to regulate their own greenhouse gases in a like manner to ours. NAWG urges USDA to do a detailed economic analysis of any legislation or regulation before it becomes law. Furthermore, NAWG will oppose EPA regulation and will work to overturn the Supreme Court ruling.’

NAWG staff and grower-leaders plan to continue to work on this issue to achieve an outcome that the Board feels is in the best interest of our grower-members.

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Posted at 12:57PM CDT Sep 4, 2009 by Chris Clayton
Comments (1)
The major reason we are struggling economically in America today is due to the fact that "Big Oil" and "Big Box" retailers have hog tied the system and they certainly don't want any change. Did you know that every dollar you spend on petroleum fuel, 85 cents of that dollar leaves the local community. Did you know that every dollar spent at Walmart, 86 cents leaves the local community. That, my friends, is what's bankrupting rural America. We have got to start producing our energy and our goods locally. NAWG totally misses the point, its not about GHG emmisions in other countries, its about taking away the economic advantages that corporate America has over small business and farmers. How is it possible to make something 13,000 miles away, ship it half way around the world and sell it cheaper than we can make it for in your hometown? Answer....cheap abundant energy. When that advantage is gone all those companies that left here would come flocking back and bring their jobs with them. But until our so called ag leaders understand the economics of why we are struggling (seems pretty obvious to me) we will continue this long slow spiral downward. Then again, maybe these are the same folks that got us here in the first place?
Posted by Harold Price at 12:30PM CDT Sep 8, 2009
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