Jim Costa: “The permitting impacts you as well for other forest areas.”

The challenges of coming together with local, state, and Federal policy to ensure that agriculture remains what it is, which is a national security issue.

I think that farmers, ranchers, dairymen and -women are critical in so many different ways, but they are also stewards of the environment.

I think we all pray that we can come together on a farm bill before the end of the year.

Right now, though, the CAP program is overextended and underfunded.