WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, received the National Pork Producers Council's (NPPC) inaugural "Bringing Home the Bacon" Congressional Award in recognition of her work supporting America's 60,000-plus pork producers.
Senator Ernst receives the inaugural "Bringing Home the Bacon" award from NPPC President and Iowa pork producer Rob Brenneman
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"Growing up feeding hogs and walking beans on my family farm in southwest Iowa, I learned early that agriculture is not just an industry in Iowa-it is our way of life," said Ernst. "It has been the honor of a lifet...