John Joyce actually said...

But our future as an agricultural districts jeopardized by the fact that of the over 14,000 producers in my district, not even 2,100 of them...

Communities in my district and across the country rely on our nation's 2.2 million farms.

Today, our subcommittee will examine the difficulties affecting America's new and beginning farmers.

I am impressed by the entrepreneurial spirit of the 2,741 new and beginning farmers in my District, but we need to see that number grow.