Iowa farms host EPA administrator

US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack invited EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Iowa "to help her understand and appreciate what we are doing in agriculture. I think it's important for administrator Jackson to actually be on a farm and see what is taking place."

He noted the visits to livestock and crop farms and the biodiesel plant gave Jackson an "opportunity to talk to farmers and to set the record straight on a number of issues from dust, to spilled milk to cow taxes. At the same time it's an opportunity for her to learn what American farmers are doing in terms of concentration and the absolute commitment that farmers have to conservation."

Gordon Wassenaar, a Prairie City, Iowa, row crop producer, left, explained to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson how he uses hi-tech equipment such as auto steering. Read more ...

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