Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services has stirred controversy, particularly within the agriculture industry. Kennedy’s past remarks, including calling glyphosate a ‘poison’ and large-scale hog farmers a greater threat to democracy than Osama bin Laden. A Farm Journal survey showed that 90 percent of respondents believed his leadership would negatively impact agriculture. North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer disagrees, arguing that despite Kennedy’s controversial past statements, he is likely to take a practical approach that considers the needs of farmers. “He has concerns about the food processing, he has concerns about transparency,” said Cramer. “He, and more importantly, President Trump and the people around him certainly understand that you cannot feed a growing, hungry population in the world on the same number of acres in the world without understanding that you have to have big agriculture.”
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