Important Election Tomorrow & Controversial Immigration Legislation

Important Election Tomorrow & Controversial Immigration Legislation

Important Election Tomorrow & Controversial Immigration Legislation plus Food Forethought. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report. Tomorrow is Election Day. Many American's have already voted through mail-in ballots but many more will turn out to the polls. This could be a game changing election when it comes to the control of Congress and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack hopes to see huge numbers turn out. VILSACK: And in this particular election I think it's extremely important because folks have a choice and that choice involves whether or not we're going to continue to have folks in Congress who are going to be fighting for the middle class and who are looking for opportunities to expand opportunity particularly into rural areas that I'm interested in. Arizona's controversial immigration legislation may have just started to catch fire as a new report predicts some 25 states may try to pass similar anti-illegal-immigration laws next year. The new efforts are going forward even after a federal judge ruled key parts of the Arizona law unconstitutional and enjoined its enforcement in Arizona in July. That decision is now under appeal before the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court. The report notes that from 2006 to 2008, municipalities passed a host of local laws and statutes cracking down on employers hiring illegal immigrants. Now with today's Food Forethought, here's Lacy Gray. Okay, here's the deal, you can either eat or have electricity, you can't have both. Not much of a deal for the majority of us used to having an abundance of both. But that's exactly what's being predicted for the world's population in a mere ten years. Why? Because the largest common denominator in electricity production and food production is water, and water is quickly becoming a scarce natural commodity. That's why the biggest priority with ag researchers and scientists right now is to come up with plants that need less water; whether that be through developing environmentally friendly sprays, conventional plant breeding or biotechnology. Unbeknownst to most consumers the majority of farmers make their planting decisions on crop water usage, not on which crops have the most financial gain. Work being done by the agricultural scientific community to combat the global water shortage through the creation of drought resistant crops should be applauded and supported. Their efforts could very well redefine the economics of farming by reducing crops' need for water in a world with an ever diminishing supply. Thanks Lacy. That's today's Northwest Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.
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