[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 43 (Monday, March 11, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       NATIONAL AGRICULTURE WEEK

  (Mr. HAGEDORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAGEDORN. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize National 
Agriculture Week.
  I grew up on a grain and livestock farm just outside of Truman, 
Minnesota, and have a deep appreciation for agriculture and all it does 
for our rural communities. Our ag-based economy is so critically 
important to our Nation and, of course, the State of Minnesota and 
southern Minnesota, which is our First District.
  The people in southern Minnesota really appreciate our ag producers, 
our ag processors, our ag equipment dealers, and all the rest. I can 
tell you that in Minnesota's First District, one of the top crop and 
livestock districts in all the country, we actually were number two for 
hogs in the entire Nation.
  Our First District is home to nearly 20,000 farmers. Considering that 
each farm produces enough food to feed about 165 people, the reach of 
our farmers goes throughout the United States and all around the world.
  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to commemorating and talking about the 
value of agriculture and our farmers during this week and throughout 
this Congress.

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