Sec. of Ag Mike Johanns Visits Farm Progress Show

Chuck Zimmerman

Secretary of Agriculture Mike JohannsOur U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns is visiting the Farm Progress Show today.

His first stop was the media tent where he awarded EJ Water Cooperative with $8.8 million for a loan and grant to build a water treatment plant. This is part of USDA’s Rural Development initiative.

Johanns then proceeded to make some comments regarding the farm bill and other policy topics before answering questions from the press.

You can listen to Secretary Johanns remarks here: fp-07-johanns-conference.mp3

Or you can download here: Listen To ZimmCastSecretary Johanns Press Conference (8 min MP3)

You can also watch the Secretary on YouTube:

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