Press Call will be held on Monday, October 8th at 3:00 PM

Republican leadership destroyed demand for ethanol and nearly 1 billion bushels of corn while waging a unilateral Trade War that crippled Iowa farmers’ ability to sell that corn in International markets.

Ahead of the President’s visit on Tuesday, Secretary of Agriculture candidate and fifth generation Iowa farmer Tim Gannon as well as J.D. Scholten, who is running to represent one of the most rural districts in the country, and rural Iowans will set the record straight about Republicans’ record on agriculture on a press call Monday the 8th at 3:00 PM.

Under Republican leadership, farm incomes have declined in rural Iowa by more than 50%, and farmland values have dropped nearly 11% with more trouble on the way. Then, the Republicans ducked out of Washington without passing the Farm Bill, which would have provided critical assistance to struggling rural communities.

By undermining the Renewable Fuels Standard through waivers and exemptions to the oil industry, the Trump Administration has destroyed demandfor nearly 2.2 billion gallons of ethanol which roughly equates to a billion bushels of corn.

And last but certainly not least, a reckless and ham-handed Trade War, which will cause Iowa farmers to lose up to $2.2 billion according to a recent Iowa State University Study, has done lasting damage to the international markets Iowa farmers rely on to make ends meet.

BILLION BUSHELS WASTED PRESS CALL

WHO: Tim Gannon, Candidate for Secretary of Agriculture; J.D. Scholten; and Senator Brian Schoenjahn
WHEN: Monday, October 8th at 3:00 PM
WHERE: Register here.

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