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

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

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

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

There is not enough money in that program.