"About 90 percent of the ag production in this country comes from around 12 percent of the farms."
"I don't want my country to become dependent on foreign sources of food, and I don't know any American that does."
"I hope you and USDA will stay on the Department of Transportation and the Department of Labor, making sure they understand that when we have to have these crop protection products in the field, puttin..."
"So, hopefully by the end of April then?"
"I think they are talking about shortages in labor at the manufacturers as well as trucking shortages and other things."
"Mr. Chairman, my time has expired."
"Government policies should work for all Minnesotans, while supporting consumer choice, instead of picking winners and losers."
"Prices are set essentially by the global supply and demand picture . . . we don't dictate prices."
"the economic impact of applying countervailing duties of between 30% and 70% on phosphate imports would equate to roughly $480 to $640 million in added fertilizer bills on U.S. farmers."
"I think that everybody on the Committee, regardless of party, is concerned about."
"It does bother me to see so much wildlife habitat destroyed in the name of, if you will, the environment."