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Ag Sec. Perdue is Midwest Bound for RV Tour
USAgNet - 08/02/2017
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that he will embark on a five-state RV tour, titled the "Back to Our Roots" Tour, to gather input on the 2018 Farm Bill and increasing rural prosperity. Along the way, Perdue will meet with farmers,
ranchers, foresters, producers, students, governors, Members of Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture employees, and other stakeholders.
This is the first of two RV tours the secretary will undertake this summer.
"The 'Back to our Roots' Farm Bill and rural prosperity RV listening tour will allow us to hear directly from people in agriculture across the country, as well as our consumers - they are the ones on the front lines of American agriculture and they know best what
the current issues are," Perdue said. "USDA will be intimately involved as Congress deliberates and formulates the 2018 Farm Bill.
Perdue says it's important to look at past practices to see what has worked and what has not worked, so that we create a farm bill for the future that will be embraced by American agriculture in 2018.
The tour will feature stops in five states: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.
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