any word back? >> i did talk to the secretary of agriculture and i got encouraging reports from him and i'm looking forward to talking to him again and seeing what we can do. >> larry: what is your basic idea? >> to get the farmer more money for what he does. get the dairy farmers more money for what they do. they are in bad condition right now. they are not getting enough money, and the dairy cows are -- are not worth what they should be worth and this is really bad for not only the farmers, bad for america. it's bad for all of us. >> larry: how did you get involved and interest in the farming thing? >> i was doing some shows in the illinois state fair, and i was on the bus, talking to big jim thompson, the governor of illinois. and he and i were sitting there, and it was kind of like an annual ritual, i'd come in and do the fair, he'd come on the bus, we'd have a bowl of chili, drink a beer and talk about things. and this particular year, we started talking about the farmers.