P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

March 5, 2012

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Groups Support the Farm Bill Conservation Title

 

Over 640 national, state and local organizations have sent a letter to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees stating their strong support of the Conservation Title of the farm bill.  The letter stated that conservation programs “help to protect these resources in a uniquely successful way – by funding a variety of voluntary partnerships and cooperative conservation efforts between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and private landowners. 

These conservation programs are essential to the sustainability of U.S. agriculture and forestry and to meeting the growing demand for food and fiber at home and abroad.”  The groups reinforced their support for last year’s proposal that the House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders had suggested in their farm bill proposal to the super committee as a part of the effort to reduce the budget. 

Those signing the letter include the American Farmland Trust, Ducks Unlimited, Environmental Defense Fund, League of Conservation Voters, Pheasants Forever, Pollinator Partnership, Sierra Club, Soil and Water Conservation Society and The Wildlife Society. 

About the Author(s)

P. Scott Shearer

Vice President, Bockorny Group, Inc.

Scott Shearer is vice president of the Bockorny Group Inc., a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C. With more than 30 years experience in government and corporate relations in state and national arenas, he is recognized as a leader in agricultural trade issues, having served as co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for U.S.-China Trade and co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority. Scott was instrumental in the passage of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and TPA. He is past chairman of the USDA-USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products and was a member of the USAID Food Security Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Bockorny Group, Scott served as director of national relations for Farmland Industries Inc., as well as USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (1993-96), serving as liaison for the Secretary of Agriculture and the USDA to Congress.

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