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Challenges ahead for agriculture
What will the midterm elections mean for agriculture? Speaking in Indianapolis on Monday, October 18 at the Energy, Agriculture and Politics forum hosted by Ice Miller, Indiana Senator Richard Lugar told Brownfield that because of unknowns’ surrounding the midterm elections, such as who will be serving on the various committees in the House and Senate is putting agriculture in flux.
“By that I mean new members, people trying to determine if they want to serve or not, new chairpersons, who are unknowns and who have not really been noted for specific advocacy of anything in particular, this is really a time of flux,” said Lugar.
And it’s a time when Indiana’s Senior Senator says agriculture will need to educate those new members in Congress.
“I would say for those who have not been involved in these agricultural debates and hearings, this is really a full scale process,” said the Senator. “All of the ag issues are extremely complex, the intersection of trade with the rest of the world, the intersection with energy production, these are situations people really haven’t thought about, yet are going to be asked to vote on.”
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