ASA, the National Corn Growers Association, National Oilseed Processors Association, and National Grain and Feed Association met with the administration to discuss the MAHA report at the White House last Friday. This meeting was the first of several that the administration is hosting this month to satisfy stakeholder engagement requests from the food and agriculture industry more broadly. In the meeting, ASA urged continued, regular engagement with the agriculture industry and recommended that the MAHA Commission undertake a more formal comment process as they begin drafting the second report, due out in August.
U.S. soybean farmers have asked President Trump to intervene and correct the glaring misinformation and anti-farmer findings in the report. They have also called for a process that allows public input before any follow-up reports are issued or final recommendations are made. In an interview with NPR published June 8, ASA President Caleb Ragland (KY) urged the administration to reconsider the MAHA report. “Coming from this commission, it’s got the stamp of the federal government on it, and it paints farmers in a very negative light, and it paints the safety of the food that America’s farmers are producing as dangerous and unsafe,” said Ragland. ASA will continue to engage with the administration on issues related to MAHA
