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US AG Secretary Visits Delaware State Fair

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue dropped by the Delaware State Fair yesterday.

The former Georgia Governor toured the fairgrounds and stopped at the 4-H and FFA exhibits

WBOC reports that Perdue took time to criticize government regulations saying they made farming more difficult.

The Delaware Farm Bureau also brought up the issue of over regulation with its president Kitty Holtz saying that the regulations need to be “cleaned up”.

Sonny Perdue is no relation to the Perdue Farm family.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.