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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Former President Donald Trump, outlining his economic agenda Thursday, said he would use a second term to ensure Americans have "safe, healthy, high quality foods"' through the use of "new and modern agricultural techniques."
When it comes to trade policy and climate, there are few indications an administration led by Vice President Kamala Harris will be much different from the one she has been a part of for four years.
GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance is defending former President Donald Trump’s threat to increase tariffs, suggesting they’ll create economic growth that would offset any negative impacts on consumers.
Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party nomination for president of the United States Thursday, telling a raucous crowd at Chicago’s United Center that she wants to rebuild the country’s middle class by creating an “opportunity economy.”
Tim Walz leaned on values learned during his rural upbringing in Nebraska, his experience in Congress, and as governor of Minnesota to make the case that Kamala Harris should be president of the United States — and he should be the vice president.
Democratic delegates approved a wide-ranging platform Monday night that largely embraces environmental and other policies of the current administration — not surprising, given that the platform was written before President Joe Biden stepped aside in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Iowa Democrats appealed to the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday to let the state keep its early spot in the party's presidential nominating process, a position that forces nominees to pay attention to agricultural and rural issues.
Georgia’s runoff election on Tuesday featuring a Senate Agriculture Committee member and the cousin of Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue will decide control of the U.S. Senate and go a long way in determining the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda.
Vice President Mike Pence, launching the Trump campaign's agriculture coalition, offered some proverbial red meat to a crowd of supporters in Iowa on Thursday by criticizing Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris for suggesting that Americans should eat less of the real stuff.
