Maxwell said one obstacle to Democrats separating Trump from his rural base is that farmers have heard this kind of anti-corporate rhetoric before, with disappointing results. In 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama campaigned against the hyperconsolidation of agriculture markets, suggesting he would rein in the behemoths that lord over dairy farmers in Wiscon sin, cattle ranchers in the Plains, and poultry producers in the Southeast. "Trump is a smart man - he knows he doesn't know everything", said David Wright, a fourth-generation cattle rancher from Holt County, Nebraska. [Extracted from the article]
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