How the 2022 midterm elections will shape farm policy

by | Nov 4, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News

The 2022 midterm elections will take place on Tuesday November 8th in the United States. Tuesday?s elections will have far reaching consequences in regard to how farm policy is shaped and how the agricultural industry is allowed to operate.

Mary Kay Thatcher, senior manager of federal government and industry relations with Syngenta, says that there will be a lot for farmers and ag industry workers to keep track of.

Traditionally, rural districts lean heavily Republican. With politics more polarized than ever, those mostly rural districts continue to move further to the GOP.

Thatcher says that although there are already just a few democrats from ?pure rural? districts, they are very important in changing farm policy.

That?s Mary Kay Thatcher, senior manager of federal government and industry relations with Syngenta.