What can agriculture expect from newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan? Kansas State University Professor Emeritus and economist Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh provided his insight at last week’s National Ag Bankers conference. He says the Wisconsin Representative will likely be an advocate for agricultural trade. However, in the past position he will be a critic of farm subsidies.

Flinchbaugh expects to Ryan to be an independent thinker, but says he will still share much of the same political philosophy of former speaker John Boehner.

The ABA conference was held in Kansas City.