Somerset County has been spared this year from a fast-spreading bird flu that has ravaged poultry farms nationwide.But just one migrating flock overhead could change that – a reason local
OMAHA (DTN) With President Donald Trump’s time in office coming to a close, U.S. farmers will remember a president who spoke to them and for them more often than any other president in modern history.
Trump’s policies on issues such as trade, energy, the environment and immigration heavily influenced farm prices, leading at times to criticism of the president’s decisions. But the vast majority of farmers, who Trump often described as “our great, patriot farmers and ranchers,” supported him throughout his tenure.
Trump spoke three straight years at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting and multiple times had events at the White House that included several agricultural leaders. But it was Trump’s Twitter feed where a condemnation of China’s trade practices or complaints about Canada’s dairy policies could send markets up or down. Trump also used Twitter to announce his administration would provide more new aid to farmers and approve year-round E15 sales