Editing Clayton Yeutter (section)

===Secretary of Agriculture===
[[File:President Bush shares the podium with Secretary Yeutter at a briefing of the National Association of Agricultural Journalists in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House.jpg|thumb|left|President Bush and Yeutter at a briefing of the National Association of Agricultural Journalists, in 1990.]]
Yeutter served as [[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]] under [[George H. W. Bush]] from February 1989 until February 1991. His nomination was approved by the [[United States Senate|Senate]] on February 9, 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=Senate Approves Yeutter|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/09/us/senate-approves-yeutter.html?scp=19&sq=clayton+yeutter&st=nyt|access-date=May 1, 2011|newspaper=Reuters|date=February 9, 1989}}</ref> Yeutter was slightly reluctant to take this new position after enduring the fast pace of United States trade policy, but his fondness for agricultural issues overcame that sentiment.<ref name="nyt-19881215" />

When he took office Yeutter's primary concern was the quinquennial [[United States farm bill|farm bill]]. The previous bill was passed in 1985 and had focused on providing financial support to American farmers. During the early 1980s, a high rate of bankruptcy among farmers prompted the federal government to provide unprecedented subsidies through the [[Food Security Act of 1985]]. The development of what was to become the [[Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990]] was largely influenced by [[Uruguay Round]] negotiations, which Yeutter led as USTR.<ref name="nyt-19881215" /> 
Additionally, the 1990 farm bill removed [[Farm subsidy#United States|United States farm subsidies]] created in the 1985 bill.