Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has put together an Agriculture Coalition and Task Force, tapping Charles Herbster of Falls City, Nebraska as Chair. Herbster owns Herbster Angus Farms and the Conklin Company. He’s been a personal friend of Trump for more than a decade. Herbster said his number one goal is to defeat Hillary Clinton and then turn his attention to agriculture issues. Some of those issues will include rural development, eliminating the “death tax,” growing the economy, and renegotiating trade deals. Several groups and leaders in the agriculture industry met the new Chair during the Great American Farm Luncheon in Cleveland during the GOP Convention. The discussion talked about agriculture topics in general but didn’t get into platform specifics that include splitting the SNAP Program from the Farm Bill, and has sections on crop insurance and the dairy program that may not sit well with agriculture groups. None of those topics were brought up during the luncheon.
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