Aggies-for-Trump Effort Announced In Cleveland ,

Aggies-for-Trump Effort Announced In Cleveland ,

Susan Allen
Susan Allen
With the Agribusiness Update I'm Susan Allen. Agri-pulse reports that the aggies-for-Trump effort, headed by Nebraska cattle breeder Charles Herbster, was announced Wednesday at the Great American Farm Luncheon near the site of the GOP convention in in Cleveland. It was Agri-Pulse that broke the news last month of a meeting in New York between CEO's of several major farm and agribusiness associations and Hillary Clinton's campaign. Jay Vroom, president and CEO of CropLife America, organized the CEOs who took part in the Clinton campaign. Will Argentina lemons infect the US crop? Many lemon growers are alarmed at what they say is a rush job by USDA to allow lemons from Argentina into the US. Lemons are extremely susceptible to diseases and growers are worried Argentine lemons may spread pests like citrus black spot. Finally, Beef Check Off Reform legislation: Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Cory Booker, D-N.J., have introduced two bills that would change a number of ways that commodity check-off programs operate.

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