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Farm Bureau policy director gets into weeds of farm bill

From the Q&As with influential people in agriculture. series

Nat Williams
Nov 14, 2022
Nov 14, 2022

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Adam Nielsen is director of national legislation and policy development at Illinois Farm Bureau, where he has served for the past 22 years.

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