During the World Farmers’ Organization meeting in Buenos Aires last week, the Argentine organizers provided tango partners for outgoing WFO President Robert Carlson, right, and his wife, Sue, who heads the WFO’s women’s committee. The party was held at the Sociedad Rural Argentina in honor of Carlson’s 67th birthday. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)

The World Farmers’ Organization, led by former North Dakota Farmers Union president Robert Carlson, has made remarkable progress since 2010 in bringing together leaders of 70 farm groups from 50 countries to address climate change and other issues, Jerry Hagstrom writes today from Buenos Aires in his National Journal column.

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