Hoeven Outlines Efforts to Secure Additional Farm Assistance, Improve Domestic Demand & Foreign Market Access

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week introduced North Dakota Farmers Union President Matt Perdue at a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee, where the senator outlined priorities he is advancing to support farmers and ranchers through this difficult stretch and expand market opportunities for U.S. agricultural products. To this end, Hoeven discussed with Perdue and the other hearing witnesses his efforts to:
“We secured critical improvements to crop insurance affordability and ARC and PLC reference prices in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but those provisions don’t fully kick in until October. So we’re working to provide additional assistance to get our farmers through this stretch,” said Hoeven. “At the same time, we’re working to increase demand both domestically and internationally. That’s why we’re working to pass year-round E15, which will provide a boost here at home, and we continue to support the Trump administration as it works to secure both better trade terms and agriculture sales.
“North Dakota’s producers have tremendous insights to share on these issues, and I appreciate North Dakota Farmers Union President Matt Perdue for joining us in this discussion. His advocacy is particularly important as our farmers and ranchers are facing this difficult time.”
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