We had a kind of impromptu visit by the Wisconsin McCain-Palin Farm and Ranch Team at Expo. Heading up the group of mostly college students was James Harsdorf, a dairy farmer and former WI Sec. of Agriculture. He made an opening statement and then lets a couple of the students talk before answering some questions.

One of the questions he was asked had to do with recent statements by Sen. McCain about eliminating farm and ethanol subsidies and you can hear that answer in a recording I made of part of the session. I asked James that same question prior to the session and he basically said that his candidate supports a free market system and that those subsidies wouldn’t be removed immediately.

You can listen to the session here: [audio:http://zimmcomm.biz/wdexpo/wdx-08-mccain.mp3]

World Dairy Expo 2008 Photo Album

Sponsors of World Dairy Diary coverage of this year’s World Dairy Expo include GEA Farm Technologies and BASF Plant Science.