This initiative is not part of the farm bill, but it has been incorporated into the Farmers Market Promotion Program, the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, and elsewhere.

While specialty crop and organic producers also benefit from programs contained in other titles of the farm bill, I understand today we will hear from the USDA specifically on those programs within Title X.

The Food and Agricultural Organization has stated that food production will have to rise 70 percent in the next 4 decades to feed the world by 2050.

Is the proposed increase in the agricultural quarantine inspection user fees limited to cover only the AQI costs?

The law does not direct the USDA to select projects. Instead, it directs the USDA to approve state plans.

It makes me wonder if this Administration is choosing one sector of the agricultural community over another.

You really need to see my roads so you can understand the kind of infrastructure demands.

So much has been said about Continental Flight 3407. It is a tragic and heartbreaking accident.

I represent the folks in the Second Congressional District in Ohio and those are my frontline people.

I just want to reiterate the importance of the redoing of the Brent Spence Bridge.

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