I think Senator Roberts said 40 million. I am not willing to concede that that necessarily will take cropland and will necessarily result in acre for acre reduction of feed and therefore increase costs for livestock producers.
Vilsack discusses the impact of legislation on cropland and livestock costs.
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I think there are a lot of misconceptions about SNAP, and I think it stems from who people think are on SNAP.
I think you two gentlemen have laid out a plan that addresses the fundamental weakness of our current farm policy.
It’s very direct, and I think it speaks significantly and centrally to the challenges that many Iowa farmers face today.
Well, the House Agriculture appropriations talked about an 18 percent cut to our budget, so you can do the math.
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