Cheri Bustos: “Who is doing it right, and what can we learn from who is doing it right?”

Since the 2018 Farm Bill was written, farmers have experienced the economic impacts of a trade war with China.

What specific policies would you recommend to combat the historic and current discrimination too often faced by Black and Brown farmers in your respective industries?

I hear through pretty much every ag meeting I have how important the Federal crop insurance program is to help farmers manage their risk.

Those waivers, we like to characterize it as giving out candy on Halloween. They were just given out so indiscriminately.