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This new initiative will be the first farm bill program to be designed from the start to invest in secure, equitable access to land for farmers.

The world probably for the first time since the 1940s may watch as a ruthless individual in Vladimir Putin uses food or lack thereof as a weapon of war

I think probably the most--my first impression is the high risk in growing a cotton crop.

When we talk about pre-funding a disaster program, it is not intended to replace crop insurance.

The existing Tree Assistance Program, which would provide about $15 per tree, was adequate, and it simply isn't.

The concept of pre-funding disaster relief was actually one the things that was part of that discussion.

Thank you very much for your strong support of specialty crop farmers and the agents and loss adjustors who serve them.

The work that is taking place down there is really admirable.

What barriers can we remove by legislation to make this happen and get this job done?

The dairy industry is the fundamental economic engine of food and our production, and we have this great opportunity, this great asset, to export around the country, and around the world.

I would hate to see an increased consolidation pace because of the additional sustainability standards.

What do you all think needs to be done in this country right now to get us right side up? Because, what we are doing right now is unsustainable, particularly when you are talking about the farm bill, and funding some of these input costs…

Frankly, I hear this over and over again in the 12th District of Georgia, and we can't anticipate a lot of these things in writing the new farm bill because the last time we have had this kind of inflation, and supply chain issues, and…

I believe there is much more we can do in the next farm bill to shore up family dairy operations.

Consolidation runs the clear risk of making our dairy supply chains less flexible, especially in moments that call for maximum agility.

Farmers have been burned so badly by the previous iteration of margin coverage that not one dairy farmer I talked to in my district thought they would re-enroll.

Dairy is an important pillar of New Hampshire's diverse agricultural economy, so I am glad we are having this discussion as we look ahead to the 2023 Farm Bill.

During the previous farm bill reauthorization I worked to strengthen the dairy farm safety net.