Pat Roberts: “Was this sheer incompetence? Or did someone somewhere within MF Global know exactly what they were doing?”

His brand of unconditional cordiality is increasingly rare, and this institution sure could use a lot more of it.

We are in a dire fix. We are trying to write a farm bill here, and it is with a backdrop of severe budget limitations.

I continue to hear in farm country the dire need to expand and explore new markets.

I call this hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee to order.