date:Aug 01, 2012
NAWG President Erik Younggren, who farms wheat, sugar beets and soybeans near Hallock, Minnesota, said in a statement:
The top legislative priority for the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) during this Congress remains the achievement of a new, five-year farm bill before current law expires on Sept. 30.
The Association and its farmer-leaders do not support a short-term extension of the 2008 Farm Bill by itself. A one-year extension would create even more uncertainly in a political, ag