Port Help & GMO Recount
Port Help & GMO Recount plus Food Forethought. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report.
Dan Newhouse dropped by the Washington State Hort convention to check in with his new constituents now that he has officially been elected to replace long-time congressman Doc Hastings. Newhouse is also a farmer and is well aware of the dangerous port issue going on.
NEW HOUSE: Well if there's anything I can do to help impact what's going on in our ports - that's so critical to be able to move our products overseas. We depend on those overseas products like no other state in the country ands so this is really negatively impacting our industry and we've got to have some solutions - some compromise has to happen between the two parties so that we can get things rolling again.
Oregon's county clerks have been officially ordered to conduct a hand recount of votes regarding Measure 92, the GMO labeling initiative. They have until Dec. 12 to complete the recount. Secretary of State Kate Brown announced that the certified results of Measure 92 are so close they require an automatic hand recount.
Now with today's Food Forethought, here's Lacy Gray.
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Thanks Lacy. That's today's Northwest Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network of the West.
