Tom Vilsack: “Discrimination in any form will not be tolerated in this Department.”

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

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.

It is physically demanding and at times dangerous.