Tom Vilsack: “I am trying to avoid a chaotic circumstance, Senator. I am certainly hopeful that there are at least 60 of you who feel…”

Every dollar of research generates twenty dollars, or more, of economic opportunity.

An inclusive agriculture and rural life must be part of a shift to a bottom-up, middle-out system.

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

investments in research that create new opportunities; new income opportunities, is a way of maintaining those small- and mid-sized farming operations