Obama: farm subsidies, protectionism and biofuels?

January 20 saw the inauguration of Barack Obama to the US presidency. How will the Obama administration manage the US agricultural system, from the lessening of support for agribusiness, to diversifying the federal crop programme and banning packers from owning livestock? Several industry experts and politicians share their opinion. By Nicholas Zeman President George W. Bush initially vetoed the 2008 US Farm Bill and Washington insiders say he was hostile to it at every turn. “It was a h