Farmers Make Sure Agriculture is Well Represented in Voter Turnout

Getting involved in the political process is just like farming in that the seeds you plant today by voting and advocating will bear fruit in the future when agriculture-friendly lawmakers are elected and legislation favorable to farmers is enacted, according to Oregon farmer Jon Iverson.

Iverson, a recent past chair of the American Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee, says it’s particularly important for young adults to be engaged.

“I’d say for young people, it's very important because our timeline of how long we're going to be in this industry and trying to support ourselves with our farms is a long time, and so we want to make sure that the policies we set today will positively impact us down the road.

Party control over both those chambers is also at stake, which Lyon details in another article. In the currently Democratic-led House of Representatives, Republicans need a net gain of five seats for the majority, while they need a net gain of one seat for the majority in the Senate.

For those still looking for voting information, the Advocacy and Political Affairs team’s iFarmiVote website has a host of resources, including voting locations and ballot information.