Washington, DC— Matt Huie, President of the Southwest Council of Agribusiness representing farm and ranch organizations, lenders, and Main Street businesses in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas issued the following statement concerning the announcement by President Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue of emergency aid to mitigate…
The Southwest Council of Agribusiness hosted Texas FSA State Executive Director Gary Six for a roundtable with the agriculture finance leaders of west Texas. During the event, Six introduced his staff, gave a brief statement and addressed concerns held by the lenders that ensure farmers have adequate capital to produce. …
Dear SWCA Member: Thank you to all of you who were able to join us for the SWCA 2017 Annual Meeting in Lamesa, TX on September 22! We had over 400 producers, lenders, and businessman in attendance. As many of you know, the meeting had a remarkable lineup of panelists…
Dear SWCA Member:Thank you to those of you that attended the Southwest Ag Issues Summit earlier this week in Fort Worth, Texas. For those of you that weren’t able to make it, below is a recap of the meeting with some images of the various speakers and guests, as well…
Dear SWCA Member: Thank you to those of you that were able to attend the SWCA 2016 Annual Meeting in Lubbock on August 22nd, we had over 100 producers, lenders, and businessmen in attendance for the 10th annual meeting. The solid lineup of presenters covered the economics and political landscape…
In his latest article, Chairman Combest defends farm policy and sets the record straight following an attack penned by Heritage Action CEO, Michael Needham. Read the article here.
