date:Jun 04, 2012
Conner, who is CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC), knows the process from the inside out after almost two decades of experience in Washington. He worked on the staff of Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and was staff director of the Senate Agriculture Committee during the 1996 farm bill debate. He served as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture during the administration of President George W. Bush.
The committee reported out a farm bill in April and that bill is expected to come up