Committee designed to help America’s farmers
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced the members of his agricultural advisory committee.
The committee, made up of 64 members, is designed to provide new ideas to strengthen America’s agricultural industry.
“The members of my agricultural advisory committee represent the best that America can offer to help serve agricultural communities,” Trump said in a release. “Many of these officials have been elected by their communities to solve the issues that impact our rural areas every day. I’m very proud to stand with these men and women, and look forward to serving those who serve all Americans from the White House.”
Members of the committee include:
- Gary Black – Commissioner of Agriculture, Georgia
- Mike Green – State Senator, Michigan; Appropriations Agriculture Chair; Senate Agriculture Committee Vice Chair
- Mike Conaway – House Agriculture Chairman
- Sid Miller – Commissioner of Agriculture, Texas
- Gary Niemeyer – Former president, National Corn Growers
- Mike McCloskey – CEO Fair Oaks Farms
- Charlotte Kelly – Tennessee cotton grower
- Cindy Hyde-Smith – Commissioner of Agriculture, Mississippi
- Ron Heck – Iowa farmer and former president, American Soybean Association
Some members have expressed key areas they would focus on during a Trump presidency.
From left: Sid Miller, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Gary Black and Gary Niemeyer are part of Donald Trump's agricultural advisory committee.
“Personally, I’m focused on the over-regulation by the federal government,” Green told MLive.com.
“Of course my emphasis will be carrying Texas for the ag industry for Trump,” Miller told KFYO’s Chad Hasty.
“Obviously an $80 billion-per-year food stamp program has got to be addressed and they’ll need policies on that so I’m presuming that they’ll want to craft one,” Conaway said according to Agri-Pulse. “If they do, I want to make sure they know that our team stands ready to try to make that work.”