Diplomats visit farms in Central, Eastern Oregon | Business
Farms across Oregon recently helped oil the wheels of diplomacy during a weeklong tour of the state’s agriculture industry by a group of international embassy officials.
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Farms across Oregon recently helped oil the wheels of diplomacy during a weeklong tour of the state’s agriculture industry by a group of international embassy officials.
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About 35 representatives of foreign governments spent a week touring farms, research sites and agribusinesses across Minnesota. Visits ranged from Hormel and soybean farms in the southeast to sugarbeet farms and processing in the Red River Valley.
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