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

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

I would say, frankly, that as a Nation we have underfunded research in agriculture for far too long.

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

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