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.
Knierim, Andrea (author) and Prager, Katrin (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2015-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06722
Notes:
Online via Proakis.com.eu. 4 pages., "Overall, the analysis revealed that European AKIS are characterised by a mix of public and private actors, and there are no countries where only public actors dominate the knowledge system."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: B03373
Notes:
Phase II, Helsinki, Finland : University of Helsinki, Center for Extension Education and In-Service Training, [197- ]. 10 p. (Publications of Center for Extension Education and In-Service Training no. 6)
