Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Taiwanese To Purchase Up To $5 Billion In Corn And Soybeans From American Farmers

Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan), Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia & the Pacific, will join a delegation of 21 Taiwanese business leaders and officials this afternoon at a luncheon in Rockford to sign letters of intent for Taiwan to purchase up to $5 billion in corn and soybeans from American farmers.

The luncheon and signing ceremony will take place over lunch at Giovanni’s Restaurant, Rockford. Joining Manzullo and the Taiwan delegation will be Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen, Winnebago County Farm Bureau President Earl Williams Jr., and farmers from northern Illinois.

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