Organization says it’s ready to work with President Trump
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com
Since Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States, some of the country’s farm groups offered their congratulations and expectations of the new government.
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) president Dennis Slater said farm incomes need to be addressed.
“Our elected leaders must address falling farm incomes, move swiftly to advance a new Farm Bill and protect important safeguards for agricultural producers, such as the crop insurance program and Renewable Fuel Standard,” Slater said in the statement.
Slater also said manufacturing needs to be tackled to ensure jobs are kept on American soil.
“AEM members support common sense and pro-growth tax reform that helps make U.S. manufacturing more competitive…, while also preserving important manufacturing investments and protecting U.S. jobs.”
But AEM wasn’t the only farm organization to comment on the U.S. election.
In a video statement, American Farm Bureau Federation president Zippy Duvall said farm businesses need to be improved.
“America’s farmers and ranchers are working overtime to ensure our food supply is safe and sustainable,” Duvall said. “It’s time our elected leaders put that same diligence to work protecting U.S. agriculture by promoting innovation and ensuring we have an adequate workforce. We need regulatory reform that boosts farm businesses rather than shutting them down.”
The American Soybean Association (ASA) released a statement of its own and outlined a promise made by president Trump that the organization wishes to ensure is kept.
“President-Elect Trump said repeatedly on the campaign trail that he would ensure farmers are at the table when important decisions affecting agriculture are made, and we will work with President Trump to make sure we indeed are at the table,” ASA vice president Ron Moore said in the release.
The National Corn Growers Association also released a statement, asking for political differences to be put aside because it’s time to “get to work.”