Mike Johanns: “I think this is an opportunity. I think you think it is an opportunity to say to the farm groups, hey, we are listening.”

Could you do that and make it crystal clear to the public that you confirm that the role of conservator... is to be the bridge builder?

I just hope we are not over-engineering something here.

Just a word or two to both leaders. Thank you so much for your kind words. I also want to say thank you for mentioning my wife Stephanie. This has been a remarkable partnership for a lot of years, and I could not have done what I did…

Our job is to try to figure out how we deal with that puzzle, that very difficult issue of how to provide services to people who need it.