This week ’s practical Ithiel Town hall examined the encroachment of the 2020 election on the novel garden truck and floral industries , with a specific focus on policy implications . Richard Owen , Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Team Lead at PMA , who start the panel , says : “ When we set out to do this township hall , we knew we ’d be challenged in reporting everything that came out in the election , and at this point there is still a plenty we do n’t be intimate . So , we ’ll account on what we do bang and look at the policy implications of either a Biden or a Trump disposal going onwards . ”
Right : Richard Owen .
ecumenical policiesSome of the policy that are important for the produce industry that could be involve by the consequence of the elections were discussed by the panelists . Jennifer Maloney , Global Americas Strategic Account Lead at Bayer Vegetable Seeds , share : “ Immigration will be an important theme , and I conceive that disregarding of who wins there will be modification , but they ’ll be small changes rather than wholesale changes . The biggest focus of insurance policy for either possible administration will be on Covid-19 relief . Anything that will be done in the next twelvemonth , or maybe even longer than that , will revolve around that and be with a lens of gain domestic companionship and workers , create stability and eating programs . I retrieve we ’ll see renewed drive of cover the PPP ( Paycheck Protection Program ) , the Farmers to Families Food Box Program , as well as the Independent Restaurant Association ’s circular potentially being include in that . ”
Hunt Shipman , Principal and Director of Cornerstone Government Affairs , consort with Maloney that Covid-19 reliever will stay a priority for either administration . “ Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky recently said that he sees a quaternary Covid - relief bill as well as additional Covid answer legislating as a top precedency . The components of the current invoice that is being put together are for the most part focused around examination and vaccinum distribution . For the green groceries industriousness , what will be of import is the amount of money that will be allocated for additional farming assistance . Whether or not the SNAP benefit will be pass , for example , with there currently being a 15 % bonus payment , and many sides are hop to see that either continue or be renewed in a future throwaway , ” he say . In addition to a potential newfangled Covid - relief bill , the Water Resources Development Act is also due for interrogatory this year .
Right : Tom Karst .
Shipman also envision that if Biden get ahead the election , there will likely be a flurry of regulative actions from the Trump governing between now and January 20th . “ There does n’t look to be a change in control of the senate , so it ’ll be very difficult to backtrack on those action if Biden come into office . So , in the subject that Biden wins , the next two month will be more regulative than legislatively concentre , ” he say .
craft policyTrade policy are life-sustaining to the produce industry . “ Biden has more of an internationalist outlook on alien policy and a deep belief in work with allies , ” Maloney says . “ There are four things I expect of a Biden administration . First , they ’ll be tough on China . secondly , they ’ll work to rebuild relationships with ally . Third , they ’ll make certain that the toil and environmental community have a derriere at the tabular array . Finally , they ’ll enhance the ‘ by - America ’ program and encourage domesticated manufacturing , ” she adds .
Right : Jennifer Maloney .
For a protraction of a Trump giving medication , it wo n’t depend very unlike , according to Maloney . “ We ’ll continue to see managed swap , and they ’ll keep to employ pre - WTO era tools , such as Section 301 , to remedy discriminatory trade practice . They ’ll bear on to use the threat of tariff to help oneself with dialogue as well as leverage tariff to increase US domesticated output . The administration want to put American prole first , so from a trade view there will be a focus on anything that help promote American workers and business , ” Maloney say .
House Agriculture CommitteeBesides the outcome of the presidential race , there are also other significant election that could have an impact on the green goods industry . “ One of the vainglorious surprises of the election was the defeat of the current Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee , Collin Peterson of Minnesota . This set off a leaders wash among democratic House and Committee members . The three frontrunners are Marcia Fudge of Ohio , David Scott from Georgia and Jim Costa from California . I could see one of them being the potential inheritor - apparent of Chairman Peterson . We ’ll also have to think about who will represent the young console if Biden wins . Peterson has been bring up as a potential Secretary of Agriculture , and specially now that he will no longer be the Chairman , that could be a good possibility , ” Shipman excuse .
Right : Hunt Shipman .
On the Republican side of the House Agriculture Committee there will also be some change . “ Current ranking member Mike Conaway is retiring , and the race for his replenishment has been afoot for about two years now . There are three independent candidate vying for it : Congressman Thompson from Pennsylvania , Congressman Crawford from Arkansas and Congressman Austin Scott from Georgia , ” say Shipman .
He continues : “ Additionally , Ted Yoho has draw back , and he was one of the most vocal phallus from the produce and production perspective . If we see a gain in republican seats in the House , we ’ll also see extra seats add up to the citizens committee to ponder the party ratios across Congress and the House . So , we ’ll see change from licking and retreat , but also Committee shift based on party shifts . ”
Next weekNext workweek ’s practical town hall will look ahead at the end - of - the - year holiday season . This year ’s vacation season is likely to be very unlike from past days , with much lowly assemblage and sept member joining the festivities virtually . These changes will affect how consumer shop for the holidays and how retailers and other types of businesses , include restaurants and hotel , train . Next week ’s virtual town antechamber will reckon at what ’s likely to change and how the manufacture can successfully adjust to it and profit from it .
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