Sales of U.S. specialty crops top $65 billion annually with nearly 2 billion of those sales coming from Michigan alone.
Agriculture and manufacturing are at the heart of any economy.
this is an area, I think, of really exciting opportunity for our country and certainly for rural America
the farm bill is a jobs bill and there are other ways in which we can leverage what we do
our agricultural economy is leading the nation's economic recovery, which is, in fact, true
I continue to talk about the Farm Bill as a jobs bill because that is exactly what it is.
We want to make sure that we are doing the right thing to be able to be your partners.
I also think it is very important that I be here, being a farmer and the start of the Farm Bill.
we want to know more about that.
This is exactly why we wanted to hold the hearing today, is to be able to begin to have that discussion about how we can...
We need to be confident that we are sound stewards of limited taxpayer dollars and that we are cracking down on any frau...