Rebecca S. Skillman (born September 26, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 49th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, from 2005 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party. (wikipedia)
Most of Indiana fared well in terms of weather and crop yields, but we knew that the lack of rain last summer was going to create problems in pockets of our state. These disaster designations will allow assistance for Hoosier farmers who need it.
We know we're always in a competitive situation when we seek to attract production facilities to Indiana, so this was a huge win for our state.
Joe approaches modern agriculture with the attitude and passion that surrounds a successful family farmer.
We're very pleased with the potential beyond this one production facility. Indiana now can be ahead of the curve in reducing our country's dependence on foreign oil.
Our goal of course is to ultimately produce one billion gallons of bio diesel and ethanol by the year 2008.
In one year's time, we've moved from nowhere to national leadership.
I am pleased to see that LaPorte is on the cutting edge.
