Jeff Flake | Congressman Arizona’s Sixth District

Agriculture

Congressman Flake believes that current federal agriculture policy distorts markets, hampers free trade agreements, and is not fiscally sustainable.

Along with Congressman Ron Kind of Wisconsin, he has introduced the Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act (FARM-21). FARM-21 would transition farmers from today’s costly and outdated subsidy programs to a safety net that is fiscally responsible and trade compliant. FARM-21 would create risk management accounts to help farmers survive natural disasters and rapid changes in the market and in the process save billions of taxpayer dollars.