8pgs, The agribusiness sector includes a diverse group of interests - crop producers, livestock and meat producers, poultry and egg companies, dairy farmers, timber producers, tobacco companies and food manufacturers and stores. The industry has new-found relevance going into 2019 as the trade war between China and the United States continues to rage leaving many in the business, especially soybean farmers, hurting.
The industry's giving reached its peak in the 2016 presidential cycle spending more than $118 million. The number fell in 2018 to more than $92 million, but was good for the third-highest spending cycle, and highest for a midterm, the industry has had.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36965
Notes:
Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 16, 6 pages., APA emphasizes need for gathering current agricultural statistics and reporting them promptly.
Forker, Olan D. (author), Hurst, Susan J. (author), Liu, Donald J. (author), and Cornell University, Department of Agricultural Economics; Cornell University, Department of Agricultural Economics; Cornell University, Department of Agricultural Economics
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 69 Document Number: C02866
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Ithaca, NY : Cornell University, Department of Agricultural Economics, 1987. 216 p. (A.E. Res. 87-25)
Marcucci, John L. (author / Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX) and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1990-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06440
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection; Contains Table of Contents and Introduction only, Morrilton, AR : Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, 1990. 39 p. (Multipurpose Tree Species network Research Series, Paper Number 6)