It\u2019s been more than 25 years since a sitting U.S. President addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation.\u00a0 But President Donald Trump made up for lost time with a rousing speech yesterday to the Farm Bureau convention in Nashville.<\/p>\n
From tax and trade to immigration and infrastructure improvements, he touched on a myriad of important issues during a 35-minute speech.\u00a0 Yet, it was his comments about farm policy and crop insurance that proved to be one of the afternoon\u2019s biggest applause lines.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to working with Congress to pass the Farm Bill on time so that it delivers for all of you,\u201d President Trump told the group of nearly 5,000. \u201cAnd I support a bill that includes crop insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n
The President singled out Senator Roberts, a long-time champion for farm policy and for crop insurance, and praised his relentless efforts on behalf of agriculture.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working hard on the Farm Bill, and I think it\u2019s going to go well,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
President Trump\u2019s support of a strong farm policy isn\u2019t surprising, considering his opinion of America\u2019s farm and ranch families.\u00a0 The President opened his remarks with these observations:<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve been working every day to deliver for America\u2019s farmers just as they work every single day to deliver for us.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>We know that our nation was founded by farmers.\u00a0 Our independence was won by farmers.\u00a0 Our continent was tamed by farmers, so true.\u00a0 Our armies have been fed by farmers and made of farmers.\u00a0 And, throughout our history, farmers have always, always, always led the way\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>The men and women in this room come from different backgrounds and from all across our land, but each of you carries the same title that\u2019s been proudly borne by patriots and pioneers, inventers and entrepreneurs.\u00a0 The title of, very proudly, American farmer.\u00a0 Thank you very much. <\/em><\/p>\n He also explained, \u201cOur farmers deserve a government that serves their interest and empowers them to do the hard work that they love to do so much.\u201d<\/p>\n Assuming Congress agrees, rural America should expect a good Farm Bill sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n And that would provide lawmakers and President Trump the opportunity to take a victory lap next year.\u00a0 He promised the group that he would be returning to help the Farm Bureau ring in their centennial convention next January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s been more than 25 years since a sitting U.S. President addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation.\u00a0 But President Donald Trump made up for lost time with a rousing speech […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":9350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-farm-policy","category-whats-cropping-up"],"yoast_head":"\n