A question directly related to agriculture asked the candidates how they would approach agricultural regulation and policy.
“Most farmers are good stewards of the land. But we have to have common sense regulations,” Gregg said according to the Tribune Star. “We cannot not have them. And our regulations have common sense and should be geared at getting the bad actors: those people who do pollute, those people who do cause problems. We need to bring both sides together and come up with some plans to move forward.”
John Gregg, left and Eric Holcomb are running to be the next Governor of Indiana.
“I will not waiver in my support of this industry. We hear repeatedly from diverse agricultural businesses that they like Indiana’s firm but fair and predictable agricultural regulatory framework,” Holcomb replied. “Indiana has found that right balance between proper and appropriate regulation of operations like CFOs (confined feeding operations) and the need to continue to strengthen important sectors of our economy.”
Gregg or Holcomb will replace current Governor Mike Pence, who Donald Trump selected as his vice president should he win the White House.