Max Armstrong remembers Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., who passed away over the weekend. Lugar was a powerful player in developing farm policy, including the Conservation Reserve Program, which as actually announced on his farm for the 1985 Farm Bill. Lugar served on the Ag Committee for his entire career.

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