Cheri Bustos: “I think with our high school students out there today this is democracy in action, and welcome to our hearing.”

Congress has also provided significant disaster funding to provide additional support for producers hit by extreme weather, funding for which was requested by the Biden Administration last September.

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?

The American Families Plan, it is just so great to see that President Biden is requesting doubling the yearly TEACH Grant award from $4,000 to $8,000.