Nat.’l Farmers Union ’10 Convention underway

More than 500 farmers and ranchers are gathered in Rapid City, South Dakota for the National Farmers Union 2010 Convention, “Looking to our Roots, Growing Tomorrow’s Solutions.” Sunday night, NFU President Roger Johnson told members “we need all of you” and urged them to attend sessions on health care, energy, climate change, farm policy, and the dairy crisis as they form NFU policy. Above all, Johnson said Farmers Union is about FAMILY farmers and ranchers, “Whether they are small, whether they are large, whether they’re traditional, whether they’re organic, whether they raise fruits, or vegetables or livestock or grain or other commodities, we encompass all of them and we are very proud of that fact.”