Bill Text: IA HCR106 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A concurrent resolution recognizing National Agriculture Day.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - Read first time, referred to Rules & Administration. S.J. 508. [HCR106 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HCR106-Introduced.html
House
Concurrent
Resolution
106
-
Introduced
HOUSE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
NO.
106
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
AGRICULTURE
A
Concurrent
Resolution
recognizing
National
1
Agriculture
Day.
2
WHEREAS,
March
8,
2012,
is
National
Agriculture
3
Day,
dedicated
to
increasing
the
public
awareness
of
4
agriculture’s
vital
role
in
our
society
and
recognizing
5
America’s
unique
role
in
producing
food
and
fiber
for
a
6
growing
world
population;
and
7
WHEREAS,
National
Agriculture
Day,
first
8
celebrated
in
1973,
is
a
day
set
aside
when
producers,
9
agricultural
associations,
corporations,
universities,
10
government
agencies,
and
countless
others
across
11
America
gather
to
recognize
and
celebrate
the
abundance
12
of
food
and
fiber
produced
by
American
agriculture;
and
13
WHEREAS,
National
Agriculture
Day
is
an
opportunity
14
to
encourage
persons
to
understand
how
food,
fuel,
15
fiber,
and
pharmaceuticals
are
produced,
to
appreciate
16
the
function
of
farmers
and
ranchers
in
producing
17
abundant
and
affordable
supplies
of
food,
fuel,
fiber,
18
and
pharmaceuticals,
to
acknowledge
the
essential
19
role
of
agriculture
in
maintaining
a
vibrant
economy,
20
and
to
allow
the
next
generation
to
consider
career
21
opportunities
in
agriculture;
and
22
WHEREAS,
this
year’s
theme
for
National
Agriculture
23
Day
is
“American
Agriculture:
Abundant
——
Affordable
24
——
Amazing”;
and
25
WHEREAS,
National
Agriculture
Day
is
associated
26
with
a
national
essay
contest,
and
a
number
of
events,
27
including
events
conducted
on
Capitol
Hill
and
at
the
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United
States
Department
of
Agriculture
in
the
Whitten
1
Building
in
Washington,
D.C.;
NOW
THEREFORE,
2
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
3
THE
SENATE
CONCURRING,
That
the
Iowa
General
Assembly
4
recognizes
March
8,
2012,
as
National
Agriculture
5
Day,
and
encourages
all
Iowans
as
residents
of
one
6
of
the
leading
agricultural
states
in
the
nation,
to
7
commemorate
and
celebrate
that
date
and
the
invaluable
8
contributions
made
by
Iowa’s
farmers;
and
9
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
a
copy
of
this
10
resolution
be
sent
to
the
Agriculture
Council
of
11
America.
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