Secretary of Agriculture to discuss new farm bill at Cato foru
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On Thursday, August 31, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike
Johanns will discuss the Administration’s plans for the new Farm
Bill at the Cato Institute
forum, Prospects for Reform
of U.S. Agricultural Policy - With or without Doha. The
Secretary’s address will begin at 11:00 AM in the Cato Institute’s
F.A. Hayek auditorium.
As a prominent member of President Bush’s economic team, Secretary
Johanns has visited rural communities across the country to get a
first-hand view of the effects of farm policy.
Also speaking at the forum will be former Congressman Cal Dooley,
who is currently President and CEO of the Food Products
Association, and University of Illinois professor Robert Thompson,
one of America’s foremost agricultural economists and a member of
the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee.
To register for the event, please visit https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3163.