Question

You throw out the idea of working your way up the bureaucracy for obvious reasons. Instead, you decide to go into elected office. You just got elected to the Indiana State Legislature after serving for the past four years on city council. As a new member you are filled with innovative ideas and want to hit the ground running. You ask a colleague where you can find help drafting legislation on agriculture. They reply “well, if you have an idea, go to LSA to write the actual bill. But before you do that, I would go to the Farm Bureau, the major interest group for agriculture in the state, for any information you may need. We tend to get most of our information from interest groups” Why does this make sense in the context of the Indiana Legislature?

Answer 1

Answer:

In Indiana Legislature approaching Farm Bureau before going to LSA to write the actual bill is important because:

a. Farm Bureau advocates for its agriculture producing members and farmer's voices about issues faced by the agriculture producers, industry and farmers in the State of Indiana. They give better clarity of the present state of agriculture in the state.

b. To understand the requirements and challenges of the agriculturists and then accordingly placing them in the agriculture bill or legislation to be drafted. So, that new laws can be supportive of the condition of the farmers, producers, etc.

c. To address the issues with appropriate law and ordinance, which eventually leads to a solution to the issues faced by the farmers, producers or agricultural industry.

d. To formulate better legislature for the improvement of agriculture in Indiana.

e. To know the reason of challenges from the ground level and then escalate it to the state level for the betterment of the society understanding the route cause.