Ag leaders lobby in Washington

(LE MARS) Free trade agreements, taxes and the Farm Bill are issues Iowa Farm Bureau leaders focused on during a National Ag Week visit to Capitol Hill.

Plymouth County Farm Bureau Secretary Vernon Letsche of Remsen, left,  joined more than 70 Iowa Farm Bureau leaders on the trip to Washington, D-C.

The group met with Iowa’s Congressional Delegation, representatives of the American Farm Bureau Federation and the New Zealand Embassy. (Photo courtesy Plymouth County Farm Bureau)