IARN – The U.S. House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee is preparing to review a significant funding bill that may benefit farmers and ranchers. John Walt Boatright, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), notes that this bill, which funds the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services, includes a freeze on the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) and fixes for recent Department of Labor (DOL) rules. These measures aim to provide financial stability and regulatory clarity for the agricultural sector.
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