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Lawmakers get tour, first hand look at area ag industry

Posted: Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 | Blake Herzog

About 14 state legislators were among more than 30 people who took a biannual tour Friday of Yuma’s agricultural scene targeting state leaders, who also got lunch with the governor as a last-minute addition to the schedule.

The jaunt hosted by the Yuma Area Agricultural Council has become a December tradition, in odd years offered to local leaders and in even years to members of the state House and Senate, particularly those just elected and/or not familiar with the size and scope of the area’s largest industry. (Read More)

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Yuma Sun

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