[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3915-3916]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    SENATE RESOLUTION 81--COMMEMORATING MARCH 19, 2013, AS THE 40TH 
                     ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL AG DAY

  Mr. JOHANNS (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Chambliss, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
Grassley, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Donnelly, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Thune, and Mr. 
Coons) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
agreed to:

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                               S. Res. 81

       Whereas, in 1973, the National Ag Day program was 
     established to increase public awareness of the vital role of 
     agriculture in the United States;
       Whereas the agriculture industry is part of the very fabric 
     of the United States, driving the economy, fostering 
     ingenuity, and preserving the deepest values of the people of 
     the United States;
       Whereas the average farmer in the United States today feeds 
     nearly 150 people, a dramatic increase from just 25 people 
     per farmer in the 1960s;
       Whereas the agriculture industry in the United States 
     produces an incredible variety of meats, grains, fruits, 
     vegetables, dairy, beans, nuts, seeds, and other important 
     foods;
       Whereas more than 2,000,000 farmers and ranchers contribute 
     more than $300,000,000,000 to the United States economy every 
     year; and
       Whereas farmers comprise less than 2 percent of the 
     population of the United States, yet produce more than enough 
     food for the people of the United States and hundreds of 
     millions of people around the world: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes the National Ag Day program for its annual 
     celebration of agriculture in the United States;
       (2) honors the researchers, entrepreneurs, businesses, and 
     innovators who support farm families in the United States and 
     help drive the agriculture economy; and
       (3) celebrates family farmers and ranchers, who are the 
     backbone of food production in the United States and produce 
     the safest, most abundant, and most affordable food supply in 
     the world.

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