Tom Vilsack: “It is important and necessary for the USDA to continue to look for ways to expand income opportunities for farmers.”

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

I hope that that factor is taken into consideration, given the importance of this Department

the goal of this budget, frankly, is to invest in a stronger America, and to expand our middle class

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