ROGER JOHNSON has been President of The National Farmers Union since 2009. Prior, he was a third-generation family farmer from Turtle Lake, ND, where he also served as North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner since 1996.

SOME TALKING POINTS:

1.   U.S. farm policy already favors Big Business. Will it get worse under Trump?

2.   Ten food trends that will shape 2017

Trend 1: Silicon Valley & Food

Trend 2: The Wild West

Trend 3: Enhanced Foods: Beyond Brownies

Trend 4: Generation Z

Trend 5: Sustainability 

Trend 6: Digital Foodscape 

Trend 7: Microbrands to Megabrands

Trend 8: Augmented Transparency (AT)

Trend 9: Cellular Agriculture

Trend 10: The New Administration

Find out more at www.nfu.org