Hey you NAFB’ers who will be attending the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Washington Watch. You may know that we’ll have Wayne Pacelle, CEO, HSUS, speaking at dinner on Monday evening. Good thing we have a reception first. I think I’ll need some fortification to listen to his remarks. Maybe it will be entertaining though (in a sick, twisted sort of way).

If you’d like to get a little flavor for just one situation these folks have gotten involved in you might want to check out Amanda’s post, “HSUS In Nebraska” and the comments posted so far. Feel free to weigh in btw.

I’ll be getting in to DC late on Sunday and the program will get started on Monday. Our annual Issues Forum session is that afternoon, where we get to meet with representatives of most of the ag groups with local offices. Then on Tuesday we’re off to USDA where we’ll meet with Secretary Vilsack and other departmental leaders. On Wednesday we’ll meet at the House office building with a list of senators and representatives.

I’m planning to live stream our USDA session which will start at 8:15am. So check in here at that time to get a Washington Watch viewpoint.

And for you tweeters, please remember to use the #NAFB hashtag in your tweets!