2010 National Legislative Positions

FOOD SECURITY AND FARM POLICY
  - Support implementation of current Farm Bill work for producers in preparation 
      of the next Farm Bill debate.

FISCAL POLICY
- Support continuation of a balanced budget policy through revised spending 
     not tax increases.
- Oppose mandates on state and local government without adequate funding.
- Support a reduction in government spending through entitlement reform.

TAXES
- Seek a permanent estate tax adjusted for inflation and stepped up basis.
- Seek a reduction in the capital gains tax.
- Eliminate AMT.
- Extend the bio-diesel tax credit.

ENVIRONMENTAL 
- Oppose Cap and Trade Legislation.
- Oppose EPA GHG regulations.
- Oppose the Clean Water Restoration Act/Chesapeake Bay Bill.
- Oppose EPA regulations that have negative impacts on the agricultural industry.
- Support Endangered Agencies Act reform providing landowner protection 
     and incentives.

TRADE
 - Enact free trade agreements to improve market access for US products into 
     the world market.
- Support enforcement of the anti-trust laws and other anti-competitive legislation in 
     order to control monopolies and provide competitive markets for the 
     American Farmer.
- Support the Capper-Volstead anti-trust provisions for farm coops.

TRANSPORTATION
-  Support new funding mechanisms and appropriations for funding of new 1,200 foot 
      locks on the Mississippi and Illinois River.
- Maintain agricultural exemptions through the reauthorization of the 
      Transportation Bill. 

ENERGY
-  Support the expansion of renewable fuels.
- Support a comprehensive energy policy.
- Support domestic use of federal petroleum reserves which include ANWAR and 
      the coastal shelf.

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