Everything that Congress has done over the years to improve opportunities for young and beginning farmers has failed miserably.

What can Congress do to support farmers who decide to incorporate this risk reducing soil health and conservation management practices?

The Conservation Title should focus on the locally led, voluntary, incentive-based conservation model instead of a top-down regulatory regime.

We need to work on that.

It is critical that conservation funds, both provided by the 2023 Farm Bill and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act recognize the diversity of production practices across the cotton belt by rejecting a one-size-fits-all approach.

While we should continue to incentive producer's adoption of conservation and climate smart practices, these programs must be locally driven with a clear understanding of the environmental and agronomic conditions facing growers from across the country.

It is critical that conservation funds...rejecting a one-size-fits-all approach.

It is critical that conservation funds... reject a one-size-fits-all approach.

I look forward to collaborating further with my colleagues to deliver more Federal funding to these communities.

As a career meteorologist, I appreciate your words of a government-as-a-whole approach.

Are we importing poultry into the United States?