INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue made a stop last week at the Indiana State Fair with Gov. Eric Holcomb.
The Aug. 8 visit was part of Perdue's "Back to Our Roots'' tour, which has taken the former Georgia governor to five Midwestern states.
Perdue toured the fair with Republican Sen. Todd Young. Later, he sat in on an agriculture "listening session'' with Young, Holcomb, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and other state officials.
Perdue's office says the tour was intended to gather input from people who develop policy for—or make a living from—agriculture. He says the feedback factors into deliberation on this year's farm bill.
Perdue also made stops in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.