The General Counsel for the Senate Ag Committee is Jonathan Coppess. He was one of the speakers at the National Ag Day lunch. Jonathan was introduced by FFA student, TJ Masker, Iowa State University. In his remarks Jonathan provided some background on the farm safety net and then talked about the current situation with the farm bill. As you would expect, budgets are an issue and another one is farm credit. One of his responsibilities is going to be helping write the new farm bill! He says they’re going to have less funding to work with.

You can listen to TJ introduced by Orion Samuelson, emcee, and then Jonathan’s remarks here: Jonathan Coppess Presentation

2011 National Ag Day Photo Album

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