Bill Bruins
Bill Bruins
bargaining barriers budget budgets concern contained cuts dealt hand last midst needs programs seek strong trade
The across-the-board cuts to all agriculture programs contained in the President's budget aren't a surprise. We dealt with that last year. But those cuts are a concern when we are still in the midst of world trade negotiations and when U.S. agriculture needs a strong bargaining hand while we seek reductions in trade barriers from other countries.
becomes economic estate expensive farm farms losing remaining
The real estate becomes so horrendously expensive that, from an economic standpoint, it doesn't make sense to farm it anymore. We're still losing over a farm a day, but the remaining farms are getting larger.