WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today met with the Illinois Pork Producers Association to discuss the effects of California's Proposition 12 on the economics of the pork industry and challenges associated with workforce shortages. Durbin and Chad Lehman, third-generation farmer from Woodford County and pa  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: USA sends more farm conservation dollars to other states than Illinois, a top farming state--funds that could address dust storms, fertilizer runoff, and prepare for climate-smart markets SPRINGFIELD U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representatives Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-1  more