Tom Vilsack: “Increasing the Dairy Price Support Program to $12 equivalent price as suggested by Senators Leahy and Kohl would bring…”

I think you two gentlemen have laid out a plan that addresses the fundamental weakness of our current farm policy.

If you authorize it, if Congress creates the opportunity for this, we will be more than happy to utilize that program.

It’s very direct, and I think it speaks significantly and centrally to the challenges that many Iowa farmers face today.

Well, the House Agriculture appropriations talked about an 18 percent cut to our budget, so you can do the math.