Farm Bill

Tuesday, May 31/11

Today we went to a Senate Hearing about the next Farm Bill to be passed. It was an eye opener to see how much the bill actually accounts for. There were multiple producers there representing others that harvest their crop, leaders of associations for organic foods, national milk producers, forestry, and many others. Senator Debbie Stabenow was pretty impressive with the amount of knowledge she had for each sector of the bill and how enthused she was to make changes. Next to her, sat Senator Roberts, who is the senator of Kansas, evidently.

Anyway, made for an interesting day. The rest of the day was spent at the office making phone calls for the Wildlife Risk Mitigation satisfaction survey. Today was pretty successful with phone calls. They were NICE people too, which was much more pleasant to deal with. I was able to reach 16 in 4 hours when usually I’m lucky if I get 9-10 in an 8 hour day. Can’t complain!!