Thomas J. Vilsack: “We will never put at risk the farm bill programs. That is what happened before.”

It is an outrage--I mean, to me, it is an outrageous process because it comes as a tremendous surprise.

I would say, frankly, that as a Nation we have underfunded research in agriculture for far too long.

The goal of this budget, frankly, is to invest in a stronger America, and to expand our middle class

An inclusive agriculture and rural life must be part of a shift to a bottom-up, middle-out system.