I echo my colleagues in hoping this hearing reveals more immediate solutions to these problems.

Another important program authorized in the Horticulture Title is the Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention Program.

I firmly believe the extraordinary achievements in biotechnology over the past several decades have given our farmers and ranchers innovative tools to produce higher yields with less inputs as well.

the loss of the smaller farms is having an impact across our rural communities. Human loss, as well as drastic economic loss.

now would be a bad time to remove some of the choices in our fuel supply chain

So can you elaborate on--are there any issues that we need to tweak in that program, that you are aware of, or has it been working well enough to leave it alone?

I really appreciate having this hearing. I appreciate us getting started on the farm bill.

food, the food that we grow in America, is a national security issue.

We want to have policies in place that work for everybody--specialty crops, and for all of our farmers.

we were intentional in selecting our witnesses for our stakeholder panel today from multiple regions across the country, because this will provide us with the diversity of views.

We must think about the best ways to guide recipients to independence through employment, education, and training.

Republicans have emphasized working lands programs for the last 2 decades, even before it became popular in the conservation community.