"Farmers of color have experienced historic discrimination in the loan process from the county offices."
"Our farm families deserve better."
"When I think of sustainability in the livestock sector, I think of Will Harris of White Oak Pastures in my district down in Georgia."
"That means we need to strengthen the inspection regime."
"The scalable solutions is important to me, because I would like to know what we can do to help encourage the local and the regional processing infrastructure."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ranking Member Thompson. Thank you both for holding this hearing."
"Through the Fiscal Year 2022 agriculture appropriations bill, USDA is going to receive significant investments to research sustainable agriculture systems."
"How important is base acre enrollment to the industry, particularly to young and beginning farmers?"
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Thompson, for having this very important hearing today."
"We are hoping that in the future we can work with the Committee to come up with a solution to address this base issue."
"the current situation in Ukraine... has only compounded the global food crisis by intensifying the need for humanitarian assistance, and by reducing global supplies of wheat, cooking oil, and fertiliz..."