Each year on National Ag Day, we recognize the farmers, workers, and businesses that provide Americans with the safest, most abundant, and most affordable food supply in the world. But agriculture’s importance extends well beyond what ends up on our plates. It is also one of the strongest engines of the U.S. economy.
The latest Feeding the Economy report makes that clear. America’s food and agricu...
The strongest version of this narrative presents American agriculture as an indispensable economic engine, underscoring its scale, resilience, and strategic importance. The sector’s $10.4 trillion contribution and 48.7 million jobs are framed as evidence of its foundational role in national prosperity, while challenges like wage stagnation and trade uncertainty are acknowledged as solvable through better policy. The emphasis on food manufacturing as a rural economic anchor and the call for trade...