Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for allowing me to join you, and I would ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to join the panel today.
I wanted to give you the opportunity to expand upon your thoughts about why we should not do that.
I am sorry the circumstances are so difficult for our pork producers.
I think what you are telling me is, the market is at work here and it is doing its function.
I would remind you that, statutorily, language in the farm bill indicates that quantity has priority over quality.
I would hope there would be some coordination. I have significant faith in the Department of Agriculture in regard to these programs and wou...
I think there are things we can do to be more relevant to our own stakeholders and to a broader cut of the American public.
It doesn't sound like we are there yet.
We are still waiting on implementation.
I feel very comfortable in at least commending him for his leadership on this topic of antibiotics.
It seems to me that we are once again creating a significant competitive disadvantage, increasing costs for production of agriculture in the...