Tom Vilsack: “I would say, frankly, that as a Nation we have underfunded research in agriculture for far too long.”

Every dollar of research generates twenty dollars, or more, of economic opportunity.

I think there are a lot of misconceptions about SNAP, and I think it stems from who people think are on SNAP.

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

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