Hi there, I'm Ed Butler. Welcome to Business Daily from the BBC World Service.

Today, as we build towards the US election, we're looking at another business sector

that's very sensitive to the latest policies in Washington. It's the business of agriculture,

from anti-immigrant policies to the polarisation of politics. Farmers tell us their concerns.

If you go into any business, there's almost always a sign of saying, we're hiring.

We have the logistical capacity to process probably three times more head per day than we do right

now. But we don't have enough employees. We need to have bipartisan

policies. We need to sit down as a country and quit being at war with each other and say,

okay, realistically, what's good for this country? The view of farmers ahead of the U.S.

election. That's Business Daily from the BBC.

We love you and we love you. We love you. And I especially love you. And it's great to be back in Iowa, the proud home of first in the nation caucuses.

Donald Trump often gets a warm reception in America's farm states. Iowa, Missouri, Indiana. The Midwest tends to be strong Republican territory,

and the former president says he's going to continue to reward their loyalty.

I'm proud to be the most pro-farmor president that you've ever had in the White House.

We did more for American agriculture than any administration in the White House. We did more for American agriculture than any administration in history by far,

and that's been pretty much acknowledged.

Under my leadership, our Department of Agriculture... As President, Donald Trump, ended up paying out billions in grants to the U.S. farm sector.

It was a move that proved necessary after he had reduced a

swinging trade war with one of their biggest markets, China. He's fought against environmental

rules which many farmers dislike. For Kamala Harris, though, as the Democrat candidate,

she's yet to say much about farming, although it is broadly expected she'll follow Joe Biden's

policy agenda. She can point to the fact that farmers have actually seen their income swell

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