Farmers and ranchers, their customers, and the organizations that support them have had enough chaos -- and this rule change could make it much worse. The federal government should not levy unreasonable burdens and risks on Americans who are carrying out federal programs and missions. 

As OMB considers the public comments it received on this proposal (over 400,000!), there is time for Congress to act. 

Congress recently passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government through December 11, and included a delay to keep the OMB rule from going into effect until then. This is great news. We are grateful that Congress saw the urgency of this issue. Now, we want federal legislators to commit to a more sustained solution in the coming months -- they must exercise the necessary oversight to make sure that the program funds Congress has passed actually reach constituents without this draconian rule. 

Please take the time to share your concerns about the impact of this rule with legislators, and to thank them for taking steps to halt the immediate harm.