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New NCGA board member talks priorities on Capitol Hill
Besides the weather, the making of the 2018 Farm Bill was the big topic at NCGA’s Corn Congress this week in Washington, DC. Missouri Corn Growers President Gary Porter tells Brownfield Ag News, “One of the most important things for most of the corn farmers in America is crop insurance. It something gives you a little something to fall back on and some kind of a guarantee. So, that’s something that the corn farmers in America wanted us to make sure that we got across to all the legislators here on the Capitol.”
Porter, who was elected to the NCGA board this week, says members have been meeting one on one with legislators about farm bill priorities for corn growers in each state, “There’s a couple states that is really wanting to increase a little CRP.
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