As we try to square the results of the recent election, I’m trying to figure out what it means for the agricultural community going forward.

For some reason I keep rolling back to this summer when the Supreme Court made its ruling in the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision which reverses the long-standing Chevron doctrine.

While the current Court is often at odds with the bureaucracy, the ruling is a direct dictate to federal agencies that they are limited in their power.

In essence, the ruling has gutted agencies’ power to impose overreaching regulations that are often a detriment to the farming community.

Critics of the decision note that limiting the powers of the agencies hinders their mission of oversight for a safe, controlled farm environment.

Farm and rural based organizations have been going to their representatives in Washington, and even state capitals, forever to talk about their displeasure with the controls imposed on them, often noting that overreaching authority is not in the best interests of agriculture, especially because the stakes are high, and the margins are low.

Farmers are overburdened by federal agencies that operate under broad mandates, but control how many times you can sneeze in a chicken house (Please don’t run to the regs, I made that one up.).

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While I haven’t heard any specific impacts of the Loper Bright decision on those agencies, I’m not sure at this time just how much, if any, change will take place on the farm.

And the same is true for this election.

I think we are still looking at a Congress that is less than affable and not willing to budge in their individual approaches to governance, which makes it hard for any kind of solid budget or policy decisions – including a new farm bill.

In that atmosphere, the agencies are more likely to run with their own priorities as Congress wrestles with its ideologies.

What’s always worked for us, the ag community, is the grassroots, organized effort to approach the powers that be civilly with a plan, backed up with tons of support.

With tools like the overrule of the Chevron doctrine and a strong, organized voice, farmers can continue to move farm policy in a positive direction.

On the local level, the politicians in the ag communities are generally willing to sit down and talk about policy that will affect their constituents. The farmers I know are pretty good about letting their elected officials know how they feel about a particular subject.

My mood has changed in the last few days after the election. I know we can sustain ourselves as an ag community. It’s never going to be an easy path, but we are from stock that endured blizzards, low commodity prices and an overburdening regulatory environment. We’ll charge on.

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