By Jessica Domel
Multimedia Reporter

It’s not a sight you see every day, but on March 27, visitors to the White House were treated to the view of an all-gold tractor and a red, white and blue tractor sitting on the South Lawn where hundreds of farmers and ranchers from across the nation gathered in celebration of American agriculture.

“It was a big event,” Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening said. “There were several hundred folks from all over the country. We saw quite a few people from Texas that we know from different organizations—cotton, corn and grain sorghum. It was a great event billed as the largest gathering of farmers and ranchers at the White House on the South Lawn ever.”

During the Great American Agricultural Celebration, President Trump discussed water restrictions, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and action to give farmers some relief from Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)-related shutdowns.

The president also announced the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) historic Renewable Fuel Standard final rule.

“These new standards will generate over $10 billion of rural economic benefit, create an estimated 100,000 new jobs and massively increase our nation’s energy supply,” Trump said. “It’ll come right out of the farms.”

The president said there would also be relief available via new Grocery Guarantee Loans through the Small Business Association’s International Trade Loan Program.

“In addition to help bring down grocery costs even more today, I’m pleased to announce that the Small Business Administration is opening up massive new loan guarantees for farmers and food suppliers, including vegetable farmers, grain farmers, and seed farmers, cattle, pig, and poultry producers, grocery wholesalers and many more,” Trump said.

On the legislative side, the president also expressed his support for year-round E-15 and passage of a farm bill.

“He hit on that we need to finish the farm bill,” Boening said. “There was a lot of good things that were done in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but there’s still things to do.”

Trump also discussed the need to continue to open markets for U.S. agricultural products.

“Trade is so important to agriculture. We have to be able to sell our product abroad, and we have to get U.S. demand, as well,” Boening said. “There’s certain things that you got to work through when you start talking about things like trade. We know it’s not just a slam dunk, but at least we have an administration, in my opinion, that is working hard on it.”

Boening said it feels like progress is being made on many fronts, including trade, and he appreciated the celebration of U.S. agriculture at the White House.

“It’s an administration that recognizes the importance of agriculture in this country, and you can’t minimize that. That is such a great thing that he understands that food security is national security, and I think this administration gets it. Secretary Rollins gets it,” Boening said. “Of course, she was there beside the president and said a few words, as well. I just think it’s really just a good thing. It’s a good thing for agriculture.”

Boening was joined at the event with TFB Vice President Warren Cude and Secretary-Treasurer Brian Adamek.