"Our producers are one trade war, one natural disaster or market downturn, or geopolitical conflict away from having to sell the farm."
"The 2023 Farm Bill must provide our producers with the risk management tools required to farm and ranch in this new reality."
"Congress has stepped up, but as you know that is a difficult process."
"The current safety net is frayed and is in dire need of meaningful reinforcement."
"How can we hold them accountable?"
"I also want to reiterate my concerns with Mexico's efforts to restrict genetically engineered corn imports, which would threaten food security and stifle ag biotech innovation that benefits both the U..."
"the United States is the world's largest donor of humanitarian food assistance, at a time when these programs have never been more critical."
"We are in a situation now where we have drawn down the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust for the first time in nearly 20 years, based on urgent need for emergency commodities."
"This has really been an excellent hearing, and hopefully it is just the example of the hearings we are going to have in the future."
"What steps do we need to take to actually get this done so that we can get poultry from these areas back in China and other countries?"
"I believe that together we will be able to craft the policies needed to maintain the world's safest, most abundant, and most affordable food supply while protecting the land, water, air, wildlife and ..."