Tina Smith

We need to make sure that we are developing markets and that we are developing a marketplace that creates that future for beginning farmers.

Hearing from you is extremely important. As the people closest to the work, you know best what is working and what can be improved.

We have got to find some way to make sure that we can draw young people back to this industry.

I know that all members of this Committee share the goal of passing a bipartisan farm bill reauthorization.

Everybody has been saying today that everything is local, and one size does not fit all, and those FSA offices need to support that.

Small towns and rural places are creative, entrepreneurial, diverse, and wonderful places to live and to work and to raise a family.

We have got to find some way to make sure that we can draw young people back to this industry.

The Title I reference prices do not match up with the cost of that production. It is really not a true safety net.

The biggest challenge young people have getting into agriculture is availability of land and availability of credit.

I would also like to thank Senator Rounds for his partnership on the Rural Housing Reform legislation that we announced this morning.

We need to protect our small farmers, our large farmers, and every farmer in between.

Everybody has been saying today that everything is local, and one size does not fit all, and those FSA offices need to support that.

We need to make sure that we are developing markets and that we are developing a marketplace that creates that future for beginning farmers.

The average age of farmers in this country is going up, not down.

We need to protect our small farmers, our large farmers, and every farmer in between.

I know that all members of this Committee share the goal of passing a bipartisan farm bill reauthorization.

We have got to make sure that crop insurance stays intact, and we need to broaden it for those specialty crops.

We have a serious shortage of housing in this country, especially in rural communities.

We need to make sure that whether it is the reference prices in there or other triggers that reflect today's circumstance.

Thank you so much to you and your staff for working together with us on today's hearing.

The Title I reference prices do not match up with the cost of that production. It is really not a true safety net.

We need to make sure that whether it is the reference prices in there or other triggers that reflect today's circumstance.

Thank you so much to you and your staff for working together with us on today's hearing.

It assures our American people that they are going to have their pantries available, food to fill their pantries, at a reasonable cost.

I would also like to thank Senator Rounds for his partnership on the Rural Housing Reform legislation that we announced this morning.