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Biden’s infrastructure plan should hit several needs of ag sector

President Biden is expected to release his $2 trillion infrastructure plan later today.

A release from the White House says the plan will include modernizing highways, bridges, ports, airports, transit, water systems, utilities, and bring high-speed internet to every American including in rural areas.  The plan is expected to enhance supply chains, address the climate crisis, and provide farmers with new economic opportunities through net-zero initiatives.

The President is proposing the plan be funded through increased taxes, with the goal to invest one percent of the nation’s GDP over eight years in projects.

More than 250 rural and ag groups have been calling for the administration to invest in infrastructure improvement projects through the Rebuild Rural Coalition, saying the scope of the investment needed is staggering.

The Michigan Agri-Business Association is one of those groups.  Chuck Lippstreu tells Brownfield, “Virtually every major agricultural organization in American teamed up with a letter to the incoming Biden administration earlier this year encouraging the administration not to forget rural America.”

He says going big on investment would address many of the challenges that rural communities face and would help improve economic opportunities and quality of life for rural residents.