05/20/2013
https://congress.gov...
"The current unfair trade environment with Mexico has drastically harmed many specialty crop producers, including the potato industry."
"When we don't have the workers we need to produce and harvest our crops, it hurts our competitiveness, our local economies, and jobs."
"Our faculty conducted about $140 million in agriculture research this past year benefitting Florida's crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries, and natural resource systems."
"Florida agriculture has a $148 billion economic impact, second only to tourism in the State of Florida."