Farmers quiz federal agriculture chief

IndyStar.com
By Bruce C. Smith
Posted: June 6, 2009

Vilsack urges technology, energy issues
Not everything Hendricks County farmers heard this week from U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pleased them, but after hearing him speak in Danville, many said they are encouraged about the future of their industry and lifestyle.

David Hardin, 35, who runs a hog-and-grain operation of about 2,400 acres in western Hendricks County, with his father, John Hardin, said farmers often get mixed messages from Washington, D.C., about environmental and other issues.

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