Thomas J. Vilsack: “We have got to figure out how we can create more revenue streams for farmers.”

An inclusive agriculture and rural life must be part of a shift to a bottom-up, middle-out system.

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

we have had a record year in farm income in the last 2 years; however, that bounty has not been fully shared by all farmers

the goal of this budget, frankly, is to invest in a stronger America, and to expand our middle class