Jerry Hagstrom, a Washington, D.C.-based journalist and Agweek contributor, will give a keynote address at the North Dakota Farmers Union annual state convention in Minot.
Hagstrom will speak at 1 p.m. Nov. 23.
"I will be reporting on the latest farm bill developments and other issues that I see as important to North Dakota farmers," says Hagstrom, a North Dakota native.
"I am thrilled to be invited to speak to the North Dakota Farmers Union since I grew up on a farm near Wilton (N.D.). I always look forward to coming home." he says.
The convention runs Nov. 22 to 23 at the Holiday Inn Riverside.
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Michael T. Scuse, the U.S. Department of Agirculture's Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, will give the convention's other keynote address at 1 p.m. Nov. 22.