We would appreciate the support of your office or any of the offices represented on this Committee.

Following that announcement, I sent a directive out to all of our units that, as we move forward with any new building construction, renovating facilities, that we look first to using wood.

The ethanol industry has provided real hope. It is a linchpin for revitalizing the rural economy.

I think we all have a responsibility to continue to conserve the national resources.

I think the long term, I think that there are still gains to be had.

I think we are faced with a fiscal reality and we are also faced with an economic reality.

I had a very productive meeting with the Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico in December and we identified a number of issues, potatoes and beef on our side, a couple of issues involving specialty crops on his side, which we are in the…

I challenge anybody in the country to show me 200,000 folks who have contributed more to the American economy and more to the American nation.

We are focused, as we have been for some time, on reopening the beef industry in China.

The renewable fuel standard basically would allow us to reduce our imported oil by 17 percent.

there are circumstances, unfortunately, where folks, because of the nature of their land, have had areas that have been, in a sense, flooded or ponds for an extended period of time who continue to receive crop insurance benefits.

I think it is important for the rest of the world to be willing to embrace technology.