![Left to right, farmer John Diener, U.S. Rep. Jim Costa and UCCE farm advisor Dan Munk. Left to right, farmer John Diener, U.S. Rep. Jim Costa and UCCE farm advisor Dan Munk.](http://ucanr.org/blogs/CT/blogfiles/6961.jpg)
Workgroup member Ron Harben, air quality planner and coordinator with the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts, asked the congressman for $5 million over five years to study the adoption process and fund CT extension activities.
Harben suggested U.S. representatives create a California agriculture caucus in order to work together to ensure the state, the No. 1 ag producer in the nation, gets its fair share of federal support for agricultural programs.
Costa said he liked the idea of establishing a California ag caucus.
"The question is how to put it together without it becoming political," he said. "We had such a caucus with 21 bipartisan members. It worked pretty well for a number of years."
Congressman Jim Costa comments about conservation tillage in this 90-second video.