Farmers gave President Trump a warm welcome at this year’s American Farm Bureau Federation conference, with members of the traditionally right-leaning group saying they remain optimistic the agriculture economy is on the mend
Still, farmers pointed to the deal with China as evidence of Trump’s farm-friendliness.
Farm subsidies reached their highest levels in more than a decade last year, totaling $22.4 billion — nearly a fifth of farmers’ total cash receipts.
Jerry Warren, who has a 2,050 acre farm with corn, soybeans and pigs in Indiana, said the federal aid helped him survive an unusually wet spring planting season and prices softened by the trade war with China. The conservative group of rural voters POLITICO spoke to said they were wary of the progressive policies. They worry that a Democratic White House would saddle them with new environmental regulations and write in higher taxes. And they say other candidates are mostly shying away from the tough trade talk that has kept them loyal to Trump.
The administration also hasn’t pushed to fix the Labor Department’s visa program for migrant farmworkers, which could help ease the industry’s labor shortages.
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