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The right person leading the Farm Bill forward

Ohio Farm Bureau County Presidents kicked off their annual trip to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 4 hearing from both Mary Kay Thatcher, Sr. Director of Congressional Relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden.

Harden is THE person moving the Farm Bill forward and in Mary Kay Thatcher’s mind, Harden is definitely the right person in that role.

“She comes from a farm, she’s spent a lot of time here in Washington on the Hill working for the Soybean Association (ASA), heading up the Conservation Districts (NACD) and she’s spent time as Chief of Staff for the Secretary, so she’s got it from all angles,” Thatcher said. “She’s got agriculture’s interest at heart and she’s the perfect person to implement this Farm Bill.”

Audio: Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureau Federation (3:10 mp3)