President Trump is scheduled to address farm and ranch families at the American Farm Bureau’s 100th Annual Convention in New Orleans Monday.  Paul Schlegel, managing director of public policy with AFBF, said the president’s second appearance in as many years shows how important agriculture is to the administration.  Schlegel added it also shows the respect the administration has for Farm Bureau and its work.

 

“We like to think of ourselves as an articulate leading voice for growers and producers around the country and the fact that the president’s coming for a second year in a row, helping us to celebrate our Centennial, is a compliment to our members, to the organization they’ve put together, and that they spend a lot of time and effort to make sure it represents the needs of growers. We’re going to do our best to give the president a warm welcome.”

 

Schlegel said the hope is the president will touch on issues important to Farm Bureau.

 

“That’s trade, it’s the Clean Water Rule, it’s regulations, implementation of the Farm Bill, there’s a long range of things we care about that we expect him to address in his remarks,” Schlegel said.

 

 

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