Thomas J. Vilsack: “It would mean 84,000 farmers couldn't access the technical assistance they need to embrace conservation practices.”

This budget is at a critical point, at a transformational point, in my view, in rural America, and in agriculture.

investments in research that create new opportunities; new income opportunities, is a way of maintaining those small- and mid-sized farming operations

The reality is that we don't need another study, there are literally hundreds of studies about the safety of this technology.

It would likely mean a loss of 40,000 rental assistance units in rural America.