In gearing up for agriculture and ag policy, the 2020 election cycle is being looked at through the prism of politics. Typically, the farm vote is reliably Republican. Aimpoint Research, in collaboration with Agri-Pulse Communications and the American Farm Bureau Federation, conducted a poll during January 2016 of farmers with at least 200 acres of farmland from all regions of the country. Among the respondents, 70 percent were self-identified Republicans with 19 percent self-identified Democrats. The top issues for those producers included the following ag topics:
Trade (1.5 percent) Renewable Energy (3.1 percent) General ag issues: 4 percent Farm Bill (7.6 percent) Immigration/ag labor (13.9 percent)
The farm bill passed, and p...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
