In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.
I have always fought for farmers getting better prices.
The farm subsidy program is something that was put into place over 60 years ago, and it was put into place to do one thing, and it's turned into something else.
The National Policy for Farmers calls for a paradigm shift from measuring agricultural progress merely in terms of growth rates, to measuring it in terms of the growth in the real income of farm families.
The smaller the farm, the greater is the need for marketable surplus, so that the family will have cash income to meet their needs.
This is an exciting time for farmers and ranchers of all types and sizes as agriculture is a bright spot in the American economy. In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.
[Defending agricultural subsidies:] France is the world's second-biggest exporter of agriculture products, and it must remain so.
Crop insurance should be a policy that keeps people from going broke, to make sure they can farm next year, but not to make them rich.
The rural nature of our district relies heavily on the profitability of our family farms.
I raise corn and cattle and soybeans. Soybeans are a good cash crop.
As the revenue of the farmer is realized in raw produce, or in the value of raw produce, he is interested, as well as the landlord, in its high exchangeable value, but a low price of produce may be compensated to him by a great additional quantity.
