“Saying he understands the critical role our nation’s agricultural community plays in feeding not only the country, but the world, Donald Trump has announced his new Agricultural Advisory Committee.” The committee is comprised of 64 individuals influential to agriculture.
Among those named are names familiar to SCPA including:
Rebeckah Adcock – CropLife, Senior Director, Government Affairs
Robert Aderholt – Congressman from Alabama; Chairman, Subcommittee on Agriculture
Gary Black – Commissioner Agriculture, Georgia
Mike Conaway – House Agriculture Chairman
Mary Fallin – Governor of Oklahoma
Eddie Fields – Senator, Oklahoma; Chair, Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
Jim Gilmore – Former Governor of Virginia; Chairman of Report on Terrorism and Agro-Terrorism
Cindy Hyde-Smith – Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, Mississippi
Brent Jackson – State Senator, North Carolina
Charlotte Kelly – Tennessee cotton grower along with her husband (14,000 acres) plus operating a cotton gin processing 30,000 plus bales and a leader in the cotton industry
Sid Miller – Commissioner of Agriculture, Texas
Casey Murdock – State Senator, Oklahoma
Sonny Perdue – Former Governaor of Georgia
Rick Perry – Former Governor of Texas
Ryan Quarles – Commissioner of Agriculture, Kentucky
Jim Reese – Secretary of Agriculture for Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma
Leslie Rutledge – Attorney General, Arkansas; Co-Chair of the National Association of Attorneys General Agriculture Committee and is married to a soybean producer
Dr. Mike Strain – Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, Louisiana
Red Steagall – Official Cowboy Poet of Texas
Johnny Trotter – CEO of Bar-G, a 125,000 head feedlot operation, and farms 10,000 acres in Texas
John Wilkinson – Chairman, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate
To see the complete list of those on Trump’s Ag Advisory Committee, read David Eddy’s article.