While agriculture is willing to make a proportionate contribution to deficit reduction, it's vitally important that budget constraints and farm program critics not be allowed to undermine the effectiveness of our farm safety net.
Stresses the need to protect farm programs during budget cuts.
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We urge Congress to continue to provide people the means to access healthy food.
The contract Borden was awarded through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program enabled us to preserve employment and benefits for our people.
I am all for that, but just to have an open-ended check I don't think is necessarily a good idea.
We need to make sure that people that are unemployed, people that are having a tough time, have enough food to take care of their kids.
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