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Iowa Ag Secretary expects more focus on farming from Trump administration

November 14, 2016 By Radio Iowa Contributor

Ag Secretary Bill Northey visits with Bill Tentinger of Le Mars.

Ag Secretary Bill Northey visits with Bill Tentinger of Le Mars.

President-elect Donald Trump won strong support during last week’s election from voters in rural America and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey thinks the new administration will put a new, much-needed focus on farmers and farming.

“I think there will be a lot of attention paid to agriculture,” Northey says. “I don’t think that means new support programs or those kinds of things. I think it’s just going to be a very free market-oriented administration, not looking to spend extra dollars but definitely looking at rolling back regulations that aren’t doing what they should be doing.”

While Trump is on record saying he doesn’t like most, if any, of the current trade agreements, Northey does not think it means Iowa’s many millions of dollars in ag exports are in jeopardy.

“In some cases, the trade agreements have been very, very important and in some cases, certainly there is enforcement that could be better,” Northey says. “Maybe future trade agreements can be better than what they are but we need trade.” Northey, a Republican, sees trade agreements as being highly beneficial to agriculture, especially to Iowa agriculture.

“I’ve heard some folks for President-elect Trump that have said they’re supportive of trade,” Northey says. “They need better enforcement and if other areas saw as much positive for trade as agriculture did, they would have been in favor of trade deals.” Northey says Iowa is “a good example of the things that can work” with respect to international trade.

(Story and photo by Dennis Morrice, KLEM, Le Mars)

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