• WASHINGTON, DC -- National Farmers Union (NFU) has bestowed one of its most prestigious honors, the Friend of the Family Farmer award, upon Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota. Sen. Johnson was presented the award Monday, Sept. 9, during a reception at the Kennedy Room inside the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The reception was held in conjunction with NFU's Fall Legislative Fly-In.

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