We need to take some of these programs that we have for livestock, whether it is LIP, ELAP, a number of them, and also in the farm bill figure out how we strengthen them, enhance them, put some flexibility in them, update them for current times.
Senator Hoeven emphasizes the need to improve livestock programs for better support.
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