Scenes from the Farm Bureau show
January 13, 2015 |01:01 PM
Lower commodity prices may lead farmers to buy less equipment but Case’s red tractors are still competing with Deere’s green machines on the American Farm Bureau Federation trade show floor. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Representatives of the Georgia Peanut Commission show off their wares and give away samples. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Nick Matteis of California Grown shows off the bounty of California agriculture. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Karen Hodgson of Ag and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa joins Michael Hawkins, left, and Brad Wood of the Canadian Embassy in Washington at Canada’s booth in the American Farm Bureau Federation trade show. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Darci Vetter, chief agricultural negotiator with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, talks to reporters. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Giulio Menato, the agriculture counselor at the European Union embassy in Washington, second from left, discusses European views on genetic modification of crops at the EU booth at the trade show this weekend. At left is Jessie Spector, who works for the EU in Washington; at right are Ohio farmers Dean and Susan Shoup. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
