Tom Vilsack: “I just don't understand why it can't pass this body.”

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

It will if it is adequately funded.

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.