Celebrating Ag in the nation's Capitol.National Ag Day returned to the national stage this year with events in Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , D.C., that included participation by House and Senate leaders and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns Michael Owen Johanns (born June 18, 1950) is an American Republican politician. A former Governor of Nebraska, he served as the 28th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He was the fourth Nebraskan to hold the position. . On Thursday Thursday: see week. , March 17, agriculture leaders met at the Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. and at the National Press Club to celebrate the agricultural industry and promote American agriculture. Johanns expressed this well during his presentation by saying, "I love agriculture. I just do. I get to go to work every day and work on something that is just an absolute passion with me, and that's American agriculture." The Ag Day program helps educate millions of consumers each year, sharing how agriculture provides almost everything we eat, use and wear on a daily basis. |
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