Rep. Mike Gallagher held two separate meetings in Green Bay and Luxemburg on Wednesday morning to help make sure your voice is heard when it comes to discussions about the upcoming farm bill. About a dozen people representing different-sized farms, bankers, conservation professionals, and others attended the meeting in Luxemburg at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds to discuss the Farm Bill, which the federal government uses to address food and agriculture policy and is set to be updated later this year. A big topic of discussion among the farmers in attendance was getting federal government support for some of the conservation techniques already receiving assistance at the state level. Because of the high capital investment in digesters and CNG conversion centers and the regulatory pressures that come with them, many farmers are worried about the high costs of becoming more sustainable. Gallagher says it is important to make sure the farmers' voices are heard in the bill's negotiations.

Gallagher admitted that some of the finer points of the legislation that could come from the listening sessions often get drowned out by the debate over food share benefits, which also is included in the Farm Bill. The topics of immigration and trade were also brought up during the approximately 45-minute session. 

Video by U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher's Office