Farmers First

A Second Chance for American Health—and American Farmers

For 75 years, America slowly engineered whole foods out of its diet. Under the Trump Administration, it started engineering it back in.

AFPI Applauds USDA’s FIELDS Program to Rebuild America’s Fertilizer Supply

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) newly announced Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) program, a $500 million effort to expand domestic fertilizer production for American farmers.

AFPI Applauds USDA’s New SPUR Program for Ranchers

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s newly announced “Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers (SPUR)” program and increased funding for small and mid-size beef processors.

AFPI Applauds Executive Order & USDA Rule Expanding Regenerative Agriculture

Flesh-eating screwworm horror hits US cattle, but Trump’s USDA was ready to fight

The New World Screwworm (NWS) recently was found in American cattle and has gone from a threat moving northward to a near and present danger for U.S. livestock producers. The most effective tool against NWS is also one of the simplest: releasing sterile flies that mate with wild screwworms and collapse the population over time. It is a proven strategy, but it requires planning, infrastructure, and international cooperation long before a crisis reaches our border.