Our students are getting a short course in the politics of agriculture, energy, the environment and nutrition here at the Farm Journal Forum in Washington. Among the lawmakers they have heard from is Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
After a speech at the forum today, Harkin, on the left in the photo above, asked Kate, right, and Katie, center, about the MU AgJ Program. In his speech, Harkin described Congressional action on the Farm Bill.
“I have every intention to finish the (Senate version of the) Farm Bill and get it passed before we go home for Christmas,” Harkin said. A House-Senate conference panel would then work on a compromise that Harkin hopes will be sent to the president “by the end of January.”
Former U.S. Rep. Larry Combest, R-Texas, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee during the debate over the 2002 Farm Bill, also met with the students.
"We need more of you trained in ag journalism," Combest said. "You are the journalists who can tell these stories accurately."
Check out the blog by Katie and Kate on the Farm Journal Web site: www.agweb.com (click on “blogs” near the top, then scroll down until you see “Farm Journal Forum Blog” near the bottom).
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