Trump Agriculture Team Lets Lobbyists Know Who to Cultivate
- Group of 64 highlighted by governors, trade-group executives
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With the randomness that’s been a hallmark of Donald Trump’s quest for the White House, the announcement of his Agricultural Advisory Committee arrived on Tuesday to strategically highlight the candidate’s broad swath of support from rural America.
The 64-person list is a cross-section of Republican Party leaders from farm and ag-friendly states. The chairmen of both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are there (Michael Conaway and Pat Roberts), along with the governors of every single rectangle-shaped state on the Great Plains, the governor from the more sauce-pan shaped Oklahoma (Mary Fallin), plus numerous agriculture commissioners and a former USDA Secretary (John Block).