Tom Vilsack: “That is absolutely one of the priorities and one of the areas that we are focused on.”

we have had a record year in farm income in the last 2 years; however, that bounty has not been fully shared by all farmers

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

this budget is at a critical point, at a transformational point, in my view, in rural America, and in agriculture.

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