Agriculture conference at Staunton's Frontier Culture Museum

Against a backdrop of pioneer farmsteads, grazing cattle, and the Blue Ridge Mountains, Congressman Bob Goodlatte will host an Agriculture Conference at Staunton’s Frontier Culture Museum on Tuesday. Located in the heart of Virginia’s agriculturally diverse Sixth Congressional District, issues of concern to Virginia farmers and those interested in farm policy will be discussed including livestock and poultry health, conservation and rural development programs, and farm lending and trade.

Other speakers will include Todd Haymore, Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry; Dallas Tonsager, USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development; and Dave White, Chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).