Max Armstrong looks ahead to the American Farm Bureau Federation national meeting coming up soon in Atlanta, Ga. The organization works on the policy that drives the organization which comes from the local level. Max digs into how those ideas come start with a local farmer, move to the county group on to the state and finally be considered at the national level.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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