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2018 POLICY arfb.com facebook.com/arkansasfarmbureau 2018 twitter.com/arfb FARM BUREAU POLICY BUREAU FARM youtube.com/arkansasfarmbureau pinterest.com/ARfarmbureau google.com/+arfb1935 STATE & NATIONAL ISSUES instagram.com/arfb1935 arfb.com/get-involved/agvocates/default.aspx linkedin.com/company/arkansas-farm-bureau tastearkansas.com 10720 Kanis Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 501-224-4400 Table of Contents 2018 STATE POLICY Table of Contents State Issues ................................................................................... Page 1 Abbreviations ............................................................................................................. Page 3 State Policy Issues ..................................................................................................... Pages 5 Index .............................................................................................................. Pages 105-108 2018 NATIONAL POLICY Letter from President of American Farm Bureau ................................................... Page 111 Table of Contents National Issues .......................................................................... Page 113 National Policy Issues ........................................................................................... Pages 116 This book contains official policy positions of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Policies of both organizations originate in the county Farm Bureaus. They undergo a series of evaluations by members, culminating in voting by locally chosen delegates to the state and national conventions. Arkansas Farm Bureau P.O. Box 31 Little Rock, AR 72203-0031 501-224-4400 arfb.com facebook.com/arkansasfarmbureau twitter.com/arfb youtube.com/arkansasfarmbureau tastearkansas.com FARM BUREAU POLICY ON STATE ISSUES - 2018 Adopted at the 83rd Annual Convention of Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation Nov. 29, 2017 – Dec. 1, 2017 Little Rock, Arkansas LITTERING 171 ............................................................. 97 TABLE OF CONTENTS – STATE POLICY LIVESTOCK & POULTRY COMMISSION 138 .................. 46 ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................. 3 MARKETING 132 .......................................................... 39 AGRI TOURISM 130 ...................................................... 39 MEMBERSHIP 101 .......................................................... 5 ANIMAL CARE 145 ........................................................ 54 MINERALS AND MINERAL RIGHTS 151 ........................ 64 AQUACULTURE 123 ...................................................... 33 NUISANCE SUITS 170 ................................................... 96 AQUACULTURE RESEARCH 124 .................................... 36 PEST, WEED AND DISEASE CONTROL 142 .................... 49 ARKANSAS AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT 136 .............. 44 POLLUTION CONTROL 148 ........................................... 61 ARKANSAS GAME & FISH COMMISSION (AG&FC) 158 84 POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY (PC&E) BEEF CATTLE 115 .......................................................... 22 COMMISSION AND ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF BEEF CATTLE RESEARCH 116 ........................................ 24 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (ADEQ) 150 ..................... 63 CHECKOFFS/COMMODITY PROMOTIONS 133 ............. 40 POULTRY 117 ............................................................... 25 CHEMICALS 143 ............................................................ 50 POULTRY RESEARCH 118 ............................................. 29 COMMENDATIONS ..................................................... 103 PREDATOR CONTROL 141 ............................................ 48 CONSUMER RELATIONS 102 .......................................... 5 PRODUCE MARKETS 131 .............................................. 39 COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE 135 ...................... 42 PURPOSE AND MISSION OF FARM BUREAU 100 ........... 5 COTTON 103 ................................................................... 6 RAILROADS 161............................................................ 85 COTTON RESEARCH 104 ................................................. 8 REFUSE, MANURE AND LITTER MANAGEMENT 147 .... 57 CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 162 ......................... 85 RENEWABLE FUELS 140 ............................................... 47 DAIRY 119 ..................................................................... 30 RESEARCH AND EXTENSION 134 .................................. 40 DAIRY RESEARCH 120 ................................................... 31 RICE 105 ......................................................................... 9 DRAINAGE, LEVEE AND IMPROVEMENT RICE RESEARCH 106 ..................................................... 11 DISTRICTS 178 ............................................................ 102 RIGHT‐TO‐FARM 139 ................................................... 47 EARTHQUAKE EDUCATION 176 .................................. 101 RIGHT‐TO‐WORK AND LABOR 167 ............................... 95 EDUCATION 156 ........................................................... 76 RIVER PORTS 173 ......................................................... 98 EMINENT DOMAIN AND PRIVATE PROPERTY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS 155 ....................................... 74 RIGHTS 166 ................................................................... 92 RURAL DEVELOPMENT 159.......................................... 85 ENERGY 165 ................................................................. 91 SAFETY 175 ................................................................ 100 EQUINE 129 .................................................................. 38 SOYBEAN RESEARCH 108 ............................................. 14 FAIRS 172 ..................................................................... 97 SOYBEANS 107 ............................................................. 12 FEED GRAIN RESEARCH 114 ......................................... 21 SPECIALTY CROPS 127 .................................................. 36 FEED GRAINS 113 ......................................................... 21 SPECIALTY CROPS RESEARCH 128 ................................ 37 FIREARMS 168 .............................................................. 95 STATE PLANT BOARD 137 ............................................ 45 FOOD SAFETY 177 ...................................................... 101 SWINE 121 ................................................................... 32 FORESTRY 109 .............................................................. 15 SWINE RESEARCH 122 ................................................. 33 FORESTRY RESEARCH 110 ............................................ 18 TAXES 153 .................................................................... 70 GENERAL 185 ............................................................. 102 TRESPASSING 169 ........................................................ 96 GOVERNMENT 157 ....................................................... 80 UTILITIES 163 ............................................................... 88 GRAIN SAMPLING 144 .................................................. 53 WAREHOUSE BONDING AND BANKRUPTCY 154 ......... 73 HAZARDOUS BY‐PRODUCTS 149 .................................. 62 WATER 152 .................................................................. 65 HEALTH & WELFARE 174 .............................................. 98 WHEAT 111 .................................................................. 18 INSURANCE 164 ........................................................... 90 WHEAT RESEARCH 112 ................................................ 20 LAND USE 146 .............................................................. 56 INDEX ......................................................................... 105 1 2 FSC Forestry Stewardship Council ABBREVIATIONS AAD Arkansas Agriculture Department GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration ABI Arkansas Biotechnology Institute GMO Genetically Modified Organism AACD Arkansas Assessment Coordination Department HVI High Volume Instrument ADEQ Arkansas Department of ID Identification Environmental Quality IPM Integrated Pest Management AG&FC Arkansas Game and Fish Commission AL&PC Arkansas Livestock and Poultry AHTD Arkansas Highway and Transportation Commission Department NAWB Nodes Above White Bloom ANRC Arkansas Natural Resources NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Commission Service APHIS Animal Plant Health Inspection Service PC&E Pollution Control and Ecology BMP Best Management Practices Commission BWEP Boll Weevil Eradication Program PPI Preplant Incorporated CES Cooperative Extension Service PRV Pseudorabies Virus COLA Cost of Living Adjustment PSC Public Service Commission CRVP Cotton Research Verification Program RPAR Rebuttable Presumption against Registration EIA Equine Infectious Anemia SFI Sustainable Forestry Initiative EIS Environmental Impact Statement UAPB University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff EPA Environmental Protection Agency UA University of Arkansas EQIP Environmental Quality Incentive Program UAS Unmanned Aircraft Systems FDA Food and Drug Administration USDA United States Department of Agriculture FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and VNS Variety Not Stated Rodenticide Act WIC Women, Infants and Children Program FSA Farm Service Agency WS Wildlife Services 3 4 PURPOSE AND MISSION OF FARM BUREAU 100 CONSUMER RELATIONS 102 Farm Bureau is an independent, voluntary 1. 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