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NCGA comments on presidential election results

Organization says it’s time to “get to work”

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

Last night the world watched as Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States. The agriculture industry is offering its congratulations to the Republican winner.

“The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today congratulated Donald Trump on his election as the 45th president…,” NCGA said in a release.

Wesley Spurlock, NCGA president, said now that the campaign is over, political differences need to be set aside and it’s time to “get to work.”

“As a supporter of the No Labels movement, the NCGA believes in bipartisan problem-solving and building a more responsive government,” he said in the release. “We stand ready to work with President-Elect Trump and the new Congress…”

Trump won’t be sworn in as the next president until January 20, 2017. NCGA is hoping the Obama government can still make progress with  the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

A trade deal Trump has vowed to withdraw from.

“We urge Congress to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership when they return to Washington next month,” Spurlock said in the release. “TPP is the one thing Congress can do right now to increase farm income, generate economic activity and promote job growth.”

Farms.com also reached out to the American Soybean Association and American Farm Bureau Federation for comments and awaits their responses.


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