Agriculture excited about president's infrastructure package
Story Date: 5/3/2018

 

Source: Michelle Rook, AGWEEK, 4/30/18

President Donald Trump recently announced the details of his much anticipated $1.5 trillion Infrastructure Plan. Farmers and farm groups were excited as the president specifically included rural America as part of that plan. Yet there is still some uncertainty as to what it will really mean for U.S. agriculture. First, the plan spends $50 billion of the $200 billion annual federal investment on rural infrastructure needs, which don't have the ability to generate user fees.

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