{"id":2424314,"date":"2025-04-16T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-focus-for-trump-make-farming-great-again-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T15:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:48:32","slug":"new-focus-for-trump-make-farming-great-again-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-focus-for-trump-make-farming-great-again-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"New focus for Trump: Make Farming Great Again &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-focus-for-trump-make-farming-great-again-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2424314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a new initiative called &#8220;Make Farming Great Again,&#8221; launched by a conservative think tank associated with former President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, especially focusing on agriculture.The initiative aims to address the challenges faced by the farming community in the U.S., highlighted by Tate Bennett from the America first Policy Institute (AFPI), who asserts that the farming sector is in a dire state and requires bold policy solutions. The AFPI, close to Trump and founded by administration insiders, has introduced a &#8220;farmer\u2019s First Agenda,&#8221; which emphasizes reducing regulatory burdens on farmers, promoting exports, and involving agricultural experts from rural areas in policy development rather than relying solely on insiders in washington. The organization seeks to fill a perceived gap in pro-farmer advocacy in the capital, especially in light of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-farmers-weigh-in-on-hardships-ahead-of-farm-bill-reauthorization\/\" title=\"California ... express concerns about upcoming ....\">upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-fights-that-lay-ahead-in-congress-with-debt-ceiling-in-rearview\/\" title=\"Congress faces upcoming fights with the debt ceiling behind them.\">farm bill reauthorization<\/a><\/a> and tax reforms.Key figures involved include Christie Mullin and Kip Tom, who aim to restore long-term rural prosperity and address diet-related health issues through their initiatives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New focus for Trump: Make Farming Great Again<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2035458\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>First, there was President Donald Trump&rsquo;s classic campaign slogan, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/make-america-great-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Make America Great Again<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then, the first offshoot arrived with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new administration&rsquo;s Health and Human Services secretary, with MAHA &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3377030\/rfk-jr-rollins-outline-maha-nutrition-agenda\/\" title=\"\">Make America Healthy Again.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3381841\/democratic-party-troubles-mount-as-more-voters-turn-right-give-gop-edge\/\">Democratic Party troubles mount as more voters turn right, give GOP edge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3380994\/cspan-trump-most-cited-network\/\">C-SPAN replaces Fox as Trump&rsquo;s most-cited network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3380527\/returning-kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-exercise-in-futility-legal-scholars\/\">Returning illegal migrant from El Salvador &lsquo;an exercise in futility&rsquo;: Legal scholars<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>And Wednesday, a conservative think tank aligned with the Trump White House, and especially Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, offered up the basis for another MAGA spin-off, Make Farming Great Again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We believe farm country is in a dire state,&rdquo; said Tate Bennett, the director of rural policy for America First Policy Institute. &ldquo;AFPI wants to be part of reversing this trajectory and bring bold policy solutions to the table,&rdquo; she added in announcing the organization&rsquo;s new &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/americafirstpolicy.com\/centers\/farmers-first-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Farmer&rsquo;s First Agenda<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The group is considered the closest thing to a Trump-focused think tank of any organization in Washington. It was where many of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s agenda items were developed and was founded by Rollins and other insiders. Six former AFPI executives have Trump Cabinet posts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We look forward to shaping policy that keeps America food secure, allowing innovation and the agriculture economy to thrive. Feeding, fueling and clothing America and the world. This requires grit and our farmers and ranchers are ready! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A1Policy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@A1Policy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/34yPCM9VDS\">https:\/\/t.co\/34yPCM9VDS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kip Tom, Farmer and (former) US Ambassador (@kiptom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kiptom\/status\/1912567383102718276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>It should be no surprise that one of their initial projects would focus on agriculture since Rollins heads USDA, though Bennett suggested that Rollins played no role in developing it. What&rsquo;s more, Rollins is working with Kennedy on the MAHA effort, which the new AFPI projects hopes to support.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett said that while there are dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/down-on-the-farm-why-americas-food-producers-are-hurting-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Down on the farm: Why America\u2019s food producers are hurting - Washington Examiner\">farm advocacy groups<\/a> in Washington, there isn&rsquo;t one helping to develop policy and AFPI aims to fill that void.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We feel like there is somewhat of a void in pro-farmer, pro-rural think tank leadership in our nation&rsquo;s capital; we think this is an important void to fill, especially on the heels of a farm bill reauthorization and tax reform that can impact rural lives,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The team heading the new initiative includes Bennett with Christie Mullin as chairwoman of rural policy, vice chairman Kip Tom, who in the first Trump administration served in Rome as chief of the United States Mission to the United Nations, and Sarah Frey as senior adviser for rural policy.<\/p>\n<p>In announcing the new group, AFPI unveiled a 16-page <em>Farmer&rsquo;s First Agenda<\/em> that broadly covered several aspects of agriculture, such as cutting regulations and taxes farmers face and pushing for more exports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3375480\/trump-shows-durability-approval-rating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRUMP SHOWS &lsquo;DURABILITY&rsquo; THAT WAS MISSING IN FIRST TERM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the group pledged to involve agriculture experts throughout America in developing policies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will not lean significantly on inside the Beltway experts but rather from state partners in farm country. Our policies will deliver lasting results through this approach &mdash; they will restore long-term rural prosperity, lower input costs, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reduce chronic diet-related disease<\/a>,&rdquo; promised their agenda document.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-scribd wp-block-embed-scribd wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AFPI Farm\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/850693806\/content\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"850693806\" width=\"696\" height=\"1000\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">          (function() { var scribd=document.createElement(\"script\"); scribd.type=\"text\/javascript\"; scribd.async=true; scribd.src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/javascripts\/embed_code\/inject.js\"; var s=document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })()        <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2035458\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2035458\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s new initiative: Make Farming Great Again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2424315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trump-Farming-Hat-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15721,17557,53586,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2424314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-agriculture","tag-farming","tag-make-farming-great-again","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trump-Farming-Hat-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424318,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424314\/revisions\/2424318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}