Trump returns to Austin this weekend to address farmers
Benjamin Wermund Jan. 13, 2020 Updated: Jan. 13, 2020 12:22 p.m.
President Donald Trump speaks during a "Keep America Great" campaign rally at Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio, on January 9, 2020.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is heading back to Austin — less than two months after his last trip here — marking the president's first visit in 2020 to Texas.
This time around, Trump is scheduled to address the American Farm Bureau Federation's 101st Annual Convention on Sunday, the group representing farm and ranch families announced.
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"The American Farm Bureau is honored President Trump will return for a third consecutive year to speak with farmers and ranchers who work tirelessly to produce the quality food and fiber our country needs," said Zippy Duvall, the group's president. "We are grateful that he has made agricultural issues a priority and look forward to welcoming him to Austin at a time when there is much to talk about, from trade progress to important regulatory reforms."
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the trip. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler are also slated to speak at the convention, the group said.
The trip will mark Trump's 14th to Texas since he took office. He last visited in November, when he toured Apple's growing campus in northwest Austin.
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Benjamin Wermund is the Houston Chronicle's Washington correspondent. He previously covered federal education policy and national education issues at POLITICO, and before that covered higher education at the Chronicle and K-12 education at the Austin American-Statesman. He's a Texas native and a diehard Spurs fan.
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