in 1981, then secretary bob berglund raise concerns about the efforts and focus on production and its impact on the number of farms in this country. since he raised that warning ins 1981 we have lost 500 36,543 . we have lost over 165 million acres of farmland. to give a sense of how many farmers that is, that's every farmer today in south dakota, north dakota, minnesota, wisconsin, illinois, iowa, nebraska, colorado and oklahoma and missouri. the farmland represents all the line mass off florida, georgia tuberculin, succulent, maryland and almost all of virginia. farm income has been extraordinary concentrated withd the top 7% of farms those who generate more than $500,000 in sales on an annual basis over the last five years getting 85% of the income which meant 93% of farms, nearly 2 million farms, add to share 15%. these are serious issues and i think it's important for us to reset the notion that the only option in american agriculture is to get big or get out. it's time for us to do better for our small and midsized farming operations. those 93% share 15% of income. that are surv