Tom Vilsack: “I think there are ways in which we could also expand significantly processing opportunities in this country.”

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.

If you raise the minimum wage, you would reduce the SNAP population by a significant amount.

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