text: What impact would Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump have on agriculture if elected? One strength for Clinton is her close ties with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, says Marshall Matz, who specializes in agriculture law and was counsel to the Senate Agriculture Committee and chairman of the Obama for President Agriculture Committee in 2008, in a column for Agri-Pulse.
  Clinton, who has said her agenda is "very much in line" with what Vilsack did in Iowa as governor, said, "We have to stand with our farmers, give them the tools and support they need to boost both production and profits," Matz writes. "Recognizing that the vast majority of Americans who live in rural America don't farm, or rely on second jobs," she "has made a strong commitment to the broader needs or rural America." Clinton also has put "emphasis on clean energy jobs, broadband, high speed Internet, health care and rural education."