More than 150 family farmer and rancher-members of National Farmers Union will walk the halls of Congress next week. The group’s annual Fall Fly-In gets underway Monday and continues through Wednesday. NFU President Tom Buis (BUY-us) says there’s nothing more effective than sharing a personal story, face-to-face with policy makers. And that’s exactly what Fly-In participants will do - delivering the concerns of rural America directly to the lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

This year’s Fly-In is focused on five priorities. NFU says those include ensuring the 2008 Farm Bill is implemented as Congress intended - expressing the important role agriculture can play in addressing climate change - increasing the use and production of fuels from the farm and setting the record straight on the food versus fuel myth - trade - and healthcare.