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Farm Bill- Election Implications

Last week, the Washington, D.C. based law firm McLeod, Watkinson & Miller held a webinar titled, “Election Results and the Agriculture Committees.”

Among those participating in the webinar discussion were Bill O’Conner, a former Staff Director of the House Agriculture Committee and former Chief of Staff for Secretary of Agriculture Ed Madigan; Dr. Craig Jagger, the Chief Economist of the House Agriculture Committee; and Dan Morgan, an independent journalist and former Washington Post reporter.

A complete unofficial transcript of the webinar is available here, while a few excerpts are highlighted below.

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Posted by Keith Good • November, 15, 2010 • 4:23 am