Secretary Perdue Embarking on Second RV Tour

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is visiting states in the Northeast U.S. Thursday and Friday as part of his second installment of the “Back to Our Roots” RV tour and gathering input on the 2018 farm bill. Perdue will make stops in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Friday, Perdue will visit Albany, New Hampshire, will he will also swear in Forrest Service Chief Tony Tooke. The tour schedule Thursday includes a listening session with 40 farmers at a farm near Lebanon, Connecticut, and hold another listening session at a farm near Northborough, Massachusetts. Perdue held the first installment of the RV tour at the beginning of August, visiting Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.