Election Website

Are you as perplexed about who is running for President and not sure you have a firm grasp on the so-called candidates? We are still early in the season with a year left to go before the election, a lot could happen but it's important to know where each candidate stands on the issues. To that end Farm Bureau has launched a new website that will offer farmers, orchardists and ranchers critical information on the 2016 presidential hopefuls.

LYON: We wanted to create a website that served three key purposes. First, news that was going on related to the campaign, second is issue briefs on where Farm Bureau stands, and the third thing is just to provide access for visitors to their bio, their official campaign site, any information that we feel visitors would want to get more information on to be more informed.

Farm Bureau's director of advocacy and political affairs Cody Lyon who says the effort highlights the industry's perspective on the election and documents candidates', as well as Farm Bureau's, positions on key farming and ranching issues.

LYON: It's really there for anyone to understand more clearly what Farm Bureau believe in, what we want to see from the presidential candidates and issue briefs that are broken down into a very simple, easy to understand way.

To get up to speed visit the website, election16.fb.org.

And that's Washington Ag Today. I'm Greg Martin, thanks for listening on the Ag Information Network of the West.