Farm Futures (St. Charles, Ill., Oct. 31) – A flip in either or both chambers of Congress with next week’s midterm elections may reverberate into pig farms and soybean fields. “You can make an argument that” a Democrat-controlled House or Senate would be “more willing to stand up to the president,” says Jonathan Coppess, the director of the Gardner Agriculture Policy Program at Illinois. “A big question would be trade. Does a Congress less aligned with the president exert more checks and balances?”
