Maintaining a stable and reliable safety net for these farmers in the event of natural disasters, or in the event of a crippled economy, or collapse in economy prices, need to be addressed in the farm bill.
Scott calls for addressing safety nets for farmers in the upcoming farm bill.
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There is not a single commodity that our guys are going to be cash-flow positive on.
Many farmers are forced to compete with foreign-subsidized imports, causing a large decrease in the market value of many seasonally-grown commodities.
The integrity of the programs matter because the taxpayers are not going to support them when they're filled up with fraud.
We believe the Agency's data needs are such that an additional comment period extension is warranted.
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