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The Illinois Agricultural Leadership Program (IALP) Class of 2012 participants traveled to Washington, DC for a five-day seminar on national policy.  The seminar included presentations by 53 speakers at nine federal agencies and by ten agricultural associations and industry representatives. Over a ...
Read More about Illinois Ag Leadership Program Completes Week-Long Seminar in Washington DC Sponsored by Monsanto

We started our last day in DC with Paul Shapiro, Senior Director, End factory farming campaign, Humane Society of the United States. This presentation energized the room as you might well imagine. Paul explained that the HSUS has a goal to reduce animal suffering. He feels there is common ground in ...
Read More about March 11, 2011 Last Day in Washington DC

Our final full day in DC started out with a burst- of rain that is. Despite the damp weather, the coffee and dough nuts were hot at a constituent breakfast with Senators Durbin and Kirk.  They discussed housing foreclosure rates, the federal budget situation, business regulation and locks and ...
Read More about Day 5 of the Class of 2012 National Travel Seminar

We started our day today at the Pentagon. We were given a walking briefing/tour by an intelligence officer from the Department of Defense. It was very exciting to walk down the hallway passed the Secretary of Defense's office. We also went to the site of the attack on the Pentagon from 9-11-01 and ...
Read More about Day 4 of our National Travel Seminar