farmers a fair shot. the last but months we've been visiting with family farmers, and i look forward to sharing some of those stories as we answer questions. thank you. >> thank you. and, again, thank both of you for being here. let me ask you about two or three things. i'll give them to you all at once, and then you can kind of digest them and respond. mr. duvall, as you engage with farmers and ranchers across the country -- and both of you all are so great, you're out and about -- what decisions are you seeing families make as they prepare for the third consecutive year without a modernized farm if safety net? that's one thing. and along with that, can you e will be late on what you see happening in farm if country if the committee does not properly prioritize risk funding for the risk management tools? and lastly, along with that can you describe the role you see crop insurance playing for farmers? what are you hearing regarding crop insurance improvements in if you can just touch on that for a few min

corn farmer. input costs rose during high commodity prices and have not yet returned to levels to allow family farmers to be profitable. my financials over the past 26 years reflect on two opportunities for the committee. crop insurance and transparency in cost, particularly fertilizer costs. i struggle to understand how nitrogen costs have risen dramatically over the past years despite the relatively stable price of primary feedstock natural gas. i understand we operate in a global market and that the russian invasion of ukraine has created supply challenges. throughout my career, the fertilizer industry has priced the opportunity to expand production to meet demands, yet has not done so. increasing market transparency and/or creating risk management tools like futures contracts on the chicago mercantile exchange could help farmers manage input costs more effectively. regarding crop insurance, this program is designed to operate at a loss ratio of 1.0 meaning for every dollar premium paid in, one

bronson is a farmer in pueblo, colorado. bronson, before we get to your question, tell us about your farm or your ranch. caller: good morning, america. i am a disabled veteran from the vietnam war. i went to san diego state university in the school of social work. i have spoken in two radio stations in denver and i have also spoken to c-span before. i was a farmworker during my high school years. and this is what i encountered. when, in the wintertime, the watermelons are blended. and to protect the watermelons, to protect the seedlings, you have to carve a groove around the dirt and then you put sticks , a bending stick, a stick that bends and then you push it in the ground and then you put wax paper and you push it. host: bronson, can you get to your question? caller: oh. i didn't have a question. i just wanted to share my experiences as a farmworker. host: where were you planting watermelons, bronson? caller: in southern california, in the desert. your fingers, at the end of the day, your fingers get raw from digging up t

she's been recognized 2017 field to market farmer of the year 2019 rice farmer of the year.st ever woman elected to serve in the rising board of directors and 2023 24 outstanding alumni of the university of arkansas college of agriculture and life sciences. she also pa agencies farm ranching world federal advisory committee. also we look forward to your testimony, thank you all for being here. one of the things i thought was really important, some your clovers are and i thought was important. >> yes we did. trying to establish the fact that the situation in the farm community that's really why we wanted to get you here. we look forward to you telling us what's going on the farm challenges that you face, so we can continue to try to figure out quirky thing about agriculture not about democrats and republicans very bipartisan. .. . thank you for your support of the american farmer. >> thank you, sir. >> as i enter my 40th year in farming, agriculture economy is facing a severy downturn, the libraries we haven't seen since the early 1980s. greatly appreciate the hard work that

bronson is a farmer in pueblo, colorado. bronson, before we get to your question, tell us about your farm or your ranch. caller: good morning, america. i am a disabled veteran from the vietnam war. i went to san diego state university in the school of social work. i have spoken in two radio stations in denver and i have also spoken to c-span before. i was a farmworker during my high school years. and this is what i encountered. when, in the wintertime, the watermelons are blended. and to protect the watermelons, to protect the seedlings, you have to carve a groove around the dirt and then you put sticks , a bending stick, a stick that bends and then you push it in the ground and then you put wax paper and you push it. host: bronson, can you get to your question? caller: oh. i didn't have a question. i just wanted to share my experiences as a farmworker. host: where were you planting watermelons, bronson? caller: in southern california, in the desert. your fingers, at the end of the day, your fingers get raw from digging up t

larew, i want to talk about farmer mental health and farmer suicide.s is something near and dear to my heart for many reasons. over the past several years we tried to go out in the communities, doing roundtables trying to connect the dots. the resources are out there to help. i want to back up and say to all my farmers and ranchers, the pressure is very real. the pressure is very real. the pressure of losing a fifth, sixth, seventh generation farm, to be that person that can't keep the farm together in the family, that's an immense amount of pressure. then i wanted to talk about solutions. i know american farm bureau has been out here trying to connect the dots as well and the resources. i appreciate the education programs you are doing with the farmers. i am trying to work with the lenders. the lenders were some of the first people to see the signs and symptoms of depression and i think we are making progress but it's still tough times in ag land. mr. duvall, maybe speak about american suicide -- about farmer suicide and what the american farm bureau

farmers. not to the magnitude that i think is needed. i really applaud the committee's efforts and members and what they did in the ad hoc program. that was probably twice the impact of what we would have seen. mr. weinzierl: because it was tied to planted acres, it really directly affected the cost that we're seeing in the high prices and addressing that issue. mr. nunn: could not agree with you more. while it would have been a step in the right direction, i applaud the members from both sides of the aisle on this committee, there's a lot of work that needs to be done for the future. thank you again for your service on this. your family's legacy directly impacted by our current financial conditions that have hit this country. before the end of the year congress passed a spending package that included the necessary assistance for our farmers. did these payments serve as an adequate replacement for the farm bill? ms. schwertner: no, they do not. mr. nunn: i would fully agree with you on that. n

, not just a bigger farmer. amy has long been a leader in agriculture with her roles on the local farm bureau board and the young farmers and ranchers committee of kansas farm bureau. she's also the first woman elected to the national sorghum producers board of directors. she's a leading voice for our nation's sorghum producers and that culminated in her appointment as the chairwoman of the national sorghum producers just this last august. she also worked at the first national bank in scott city, the area big town, population 3931. she worked there for a decade, giving her a background in kansas community baking -- banking and how that relates to agricultural family lending and how we strengthen family farms. with this market uncertainty, high production cost, the drought we have had in our state , amy's consistent advocacy for disaster relief and crop loss assistance has made her a key voice in the fight for a better agriculture economy. mr. chairman, thank you for conducting this hearing and amy, thank you for

and right now, this land, the farmer brown and all the other farmers is important to our country because we need more peanuts for oil, more long staple cotton, more food. so it's up to everyone to make the most of every acre of land and every bushel seed goes into it. saturday afternoon we've this is the day farmers go to town to sell to make mother and father market like to visit with friends. but even so, it's rather early. this must something special today. and. aren't they going to stop where they're going? down to town. what's this all about? what festival so excited. where? no wonder they didn't stop in town. no. one of those young kids excited. it's a visit to big brother who's a cadet with a 1992 squadron. this is something. all right. well, maybe they'll even be a chance to watch him fly. some of. them.

we are in the worst economic times for farmers and ranchers. part of that is making these government agencies more effective and more efficient. we have welcome to the department of government efficiency and elon musk with open arms. we welcome their input into how we can do our jobs at the usda better. we have canceled almost 1000 trainings that were d.e.i. focused. we have begun the process of canceling a significant number of contracts. layoffs will be forthcoming as well. >> the iowa soybean association says that about a thousand farmers are locked out of $10 million of payments they were promised by the federal government. what assurances do you have to iowa farmers that they will get paid? or perhaps not because the contracts were with the previous administration. >> there's a lot of questions on where we are now with the payments and the freeze. my commitment is that we will move so fast that if there are farmers waiting for payments that have been committed to them , those will come through. we are working very quickly to ensure everyth

the farmers have returned to westminster. hundreds took to the streets in their tractors to continue protesting against the government's inheritance tax raid, and half of generation z think that britain is a racist country, and only a 10th would risk their lives to defend it in a war. we took to the streets of london to do our own research. >> if britain was at war, would you go and fight for britain? no, no. >> this technically isn't my country. i'm not really wanted here. >> what a surprise. they don't have any faith in britain. i wonder why that is. we'll find out next. all that to come. but first, there's your news headunes first, there's your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you. and good evening. the top stories, images of illegal migrants and foreign 00:01:00,430 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 offenders being deported from >> well. >> well. >> a very very good evening to you. it's monday the 10th of february and i'm martin daubney filling in for the big man nigel farage on farage tonight. lights, camera.

farmers have have.ned and have already invested. >> in. >> and we're hoping for government investment back. >> on top of that, we. >> also have the move to close usaid. and that means more uncertainty for farmers because of the importance of. food aid to farmers markets out there. >> so really, the. >> general theme across the board right now is a great deal of uncertainty. and it comes at a time when farmers economically are really stressed. >> a $2.1 billion goes to u.s. farmers with u.s. aid as well. so that freeze affected the farmers. when we're talking about the program or the specifics of what's been impacted, not to mention all the freeze for the money that came out of the inflation and reduction inflation reduction act from the biden team. what sort of things are we talking about? what are farmers not getting? >> well. >> first of all. >> there were contracts. >> signed with the federal government for farmers. to invest in more sustainable practices. often it's cost prohibitive to invest in equ

corn farmer. second issue, input costs rose during the time of high commodity prices and have not yet return to levels to allow family farmers to be profitable. over the past wishes would reflect on to opportunities for the committee. crop insurance and transparency and input costs particularly fertilizer costs. i struggle to understand how nitrogen costs have risen dramatically over the past years despite the relatively stable price of the primary feedstock natural gas. i understand we operate in a global market and that the russian invasion of ukraine has created supply challenges. however throughout my career the fertilizer . schumer: i ask unan consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, in his first three weeks in office, donald trump has waged a scorched earth campaign against the rule of law. now, we all know donald trump, of course, won the election last november, and as we all know he campaigned on a platform to cut back

he said do farmers not use the nhs? do farmers not want to fund the nhs?y not want to get waiting lists down? the amount of money that you are from farmers you are extracting from farmers has already been spent abroad, on net zero, on a whole host of virtue signalling products. you absolute pillock. >> typical. >> typical. >> typical. >> typical communist. >> typical communist. >> half, half a half. >> half, half a half. >> a billion to foreign farmers. yeah, that's that's that's more than what he would raise from the inheritance tax. >> it's mad. >> it's mad. >> of course. is that this? this government don't count farmers as workers. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> these civil servants working as workers. >> well, we've. >> well, we've. >> got a welshman. >> got a welshman. >> yes. >> yes. >> come on. kai. he's. gareth. >> this policy, this policy has clearly been dusted off in the treasury at some point. handed to rachel reeves has been completely. >> ill thought out. >> ill thought out. >> it's been completely ill thought out. there's a way of doing it. whic

at least one farmer is convinced trees. are the answer for the tricky soil if you could take some for us on foot for the grandkids. he started planting rows of popular is on his farm land 5 years ago. and his soul has already begun to change a process that usually takes decades. tito, what's new display we can see that the routine of the saw. it was beautiful here with nothing. there's what so just yeah we have, we'd screen here. no problem boxing how big a bit deeper. just thinking about vines. it came up with some parts of it. yeah, yeah, here we have the entire root system voltage. we have the leaves fold down. we have to shade how many of us in other words, of how the soil life will find completely different claim back to conditions here and develop much more intensively because because there is no tillage, right? to do that. that's the kind of good was able to convince the owners of his land to allow him to plant forests on the farm land. this is unusual because every hector is valuable to the farmer. but that's exactl

i'm not going to go into the farmer's life that i do. it by hand at a snail's pace, they just use the tractors, they laugh at such home remedies anyway. the importance of good good bacteria for human health is undisputed. similarly, the realization that soil is more than just something that holds plants has gaining ground. it's a system full of life. organic farming leverages this knowledge. in the absence of chemicals, gardeners and farmers look for natural allies, as well as good old fashioned trickery. before the defend, firstly, the plastic prevents the weeds from growing time. they start to germinate and then they don't get any light and then they die. that saves us a lot of work and get this in. and it gives the pumpkins and zucchini a lot of warm please. before you get off this about the water also passes through the plastic transition of the gun. this means that all the soil organisms feel totally at home underneath and no birds can get at them. they are eat and then have constant moisture and can also feed on the weeds in the co

our farmers are hurting. regarding the president agenda, the proxy surprised to anyone in the room he believes it's a very important tool in his toolkit to continue or bring america back to the forefront of the world and ensure we have a thriving economy. he did and we did, he understands the potential devastating impact to farmers and ranchers. during that time, i've spoken with secretary for you a few times and halogen so i fully understand and we are prepared to secure. working with the white house to ensure we can close holes for farmers and ranchers moving forward and the next coming days and few years and that will be a top priority of mine. >> very good. hunger is an issue we continue to face. my own state of arkansas has the highest rate of food insecurity in the nation. he will be responsible nutrition programs that assist one in four americans. these programs make the vast majority of spending at the department. in spite of these programs on classic 20 years the national rate hovered around 12% sinc

has on farmers. >> is huge. >> but farmers. >> are really just. >> the starting. >> point when it comes to this. >> food aid. they're the ones that grow this these crops here in kansas and all over the country, uh, primarily wheat and grain sorghum here in kansas are the main products that are used in this food aid. uh, they. >> then sell. >> that grain to their local grain cooperative elevators or to a grain merchandizer. and then. usaid would go in and. >> put out. >> contracts for bid to get that grain and then. take it to these ports and then move it out. >> to those places. >> in need all across the world. um, and of course. >> when usaid. >> was frozen, uh, last week, that all stopped. that came to a screeching halt. uh, and grain sorghum farmers, especially here in kansas, were the first to get hit with that because the u.s. aid program, food for peace program was the main direct market for their grain. >> this comes at a time, of course, when farmers are already struggling. >> yes, they are. right now we're looking at all time historic lows for commodity prices. when i say commo

farmers also appears to remain steadfast as well, i have to say. the first time farmers have broughtinheritance tax rules could represent something of a final straw. among them �*axe the farm tax' and �*no farmers, no food', they say. one farmer told me it's a quiet rebellion. i have to say, it wasn't quiet at around about lunchtime. hammering the message home. there are i think around abouti,000 orso, to the members of tractors. forfarmers nationwide. but the government says it is investing £5 billion commitment to farmers. an inquest has begun into the death of a teenage from the inquest in salisbury, duncan kennedy reports. the family travelled to inquest to here in person the full details of what happened full detai'ts'of'what happened her. she had joined the army to her. she had joined the army 16, said to be to at 16, said to be proud to serve in artillery. serve in the royal artillery. was as kind, she was described as a kind, loving person trusted lovingrpersen—whe trusted but mother told people. but her mother told the hearing that she was subjected to unwanted attention her

first part is to support small and medium size farmers. the founders had the foresight to put the farmers in charge. most markets are run by associations that make the decisions for the farmers. our farmers make the decisions for the markets and it's very unique to us. the second part is make produce affordable to the people that live in the community and this community as you know is one of the lower income communities in san francisco. you'll find that some of our farmers will sell their produce here than they do at other markets that they go to. it's special and the neighborhood needs that so much because we provide that service for them. i think rewarding part for me is when i started the market i start today do out reach in the community to try to convince them to eat healthier and visit our farmers market. i would go to the sros and give talks. some of the people that i initially spoke to, i got them to come to the market and i still see them today and it always warms my heart when i feel that i have done some good and affected some

of farmers, they can be, i don't know, farmers i don't know, i don't think i've ever met a farmer, butat's appropriate. i've taken a girl, you know what i mean? >> i've done. >> i've done. >> they know. they know better than anyone. they know reality. >> this is ridiculous. they're treating farmers as if they're, you know, students at goldsmiths or something. they're saying don't use phrases such as what the housewife wants and bring your wife. and the shopping is great because these are sexist phrases. >> yeah, yeah. they also said they can't say, what are you doing here? or ask how many acres someone has. next you'll be saying, you can't say, get off my land. what's the point of being a farmer if you can't ask about the acres? and they say other reforms that nfu recommended are making a consistent effort to support initiatives such as such as respect and take part in pride march. they're going to send farmers to a pride march. >> come on. so we're. >> going to have a combine harvester going down a pride march. i mean, this could end in disaster. >> and they'll have pitchforks. so it'

any food aid helps in that economic picture for farmers. >> usda aid. >> is important for farmers. >>n. >> important role in providing. >> foreign food aid through the u.s. agency. >> for international development. >> usaid provides. >> assistance around the. >> world, and oftentimes they work with. >> the department. >> of agriculture. >> and with farmers providing grain as part. >> of that assistance. >> well, it will certainly. >> be an. >> economic hit to kansas. >> farmers in a time when they're already struggling. >> those input. >> costs are. >> at all time highs, but the market price for the commodities that they're growing are at all time lows. so this is just one more hit in a time where farmers don't need any more uncertainty. >> and all of that is falling flat for donald trump and elon musk, because it's already putting the squeeze on american farmers. according to an email obtained by the post, officials say purchases and shipments of u.s. food aid worth over $340 million have already been paused. that means those rice, wheat and soybean farmers don't know when they will

that's not good for farmers. or also destroying our soil because some of the chemicals farmers is destroy the microbes. and that caused the erosion of the soil. you can't get water infiltration. water pulls up in a waters, the soil of agronomic. it's now estimated that we only have if we continue doing these as only 60 harvests left before our soil is gone. what farmers have are using are seeds and chemicals that are over the long term are costing them and us and what we need to do is we need to support the farmers we need to we need the farmers as partners if we're going to make them work and i don't want a single farmer to go out of business under our watch. i don't regulate if i'm privileged to be confirmed, i regulate farmed. that's under usda, and i want to partner with all of my decisions with usda and with the farmer farm community to make sure that we don't lose more farmers in this country. we also transition and we offer and incentivize transitions to regenerative agriculture to to no till agriculture a

. white south african farmers and their families as richard kagoe is monitoring events from nairobi and this is very critical for various programmes that were being done across south africa, supporting research and also within the health care sector. this has been met with so much outrage in south africa, and we just had a statement from the how much is elon musk involved with this? he is of course have south african origin? absolutely, because of his ancestral roots. he has been quite vocal about this. he has used his own platform x to join in the discussion and also as part of the debate, highlighting what he considered to be the plight of the white minority farmers who own large chunks of land. that has what has informed the a debate in wider to agricultural use, that could be used potentially to resettle the majority of the black population, who live in urban townships and also in rural reserves. what political reaction has there been in south africa? depending on your position, so you would have members of the anc party, the african national congress party who have been very catego

our farmers, ranchers, and fishermen are treated with disrespect. the countries take advantage of american kindness, american gratitude to rebuild the world after the world wars and after the korean war and vietnam war. we need that disrespect to end. and i think tariffs are a way to create reciprocity, to be treated fairly, to be treated appropriately. i think it will help our farmers, ranchers, and fishermen to flourish. and that is what i expect this administration is going to drive, and that is why i am honored to serve president trump in his pursuit of that reciprocity and fairness, and the end of the disrespect. these countries have the reliance on the american economy and they need to start to respect us and respect us now. sen. fischer: thank you. you heard about the need to funding from senator thune. other members of this committee as well. i hope you will take that to heart and help our states get through some of those regulations that are out there. it has been an impediment to us. i would like to talk a little bit here in the last few s

farmers like joe are the backbone of our state.he tradition of family farming is core to who we are. we owe it to joe and other young farmers across the state and those who come after to act now before it is too late. joe, will you please stand and be recognized? [applause] i am so grateful to those of you in the legislature and beyond who have been working with me to change decades of inaction on our water supply. the kansas water authority has gone all over the state listening to farmers, crop insurers, lot owners, and bakers . as a result, we have set a goal. from now on, each generation will work to protect the water supply for the next two generations. we are calling the multigenerational promise. it may look different in different areas of the state, but the fundamentals are the same -- stabilize the aquifer, maximize the capacity of our reservoirs, and ensure all kansans have access to clean, sustainable water. [applause] that requires us to attract -- attack the issue on two fronts. first, we have to develop a better water

so you think that some farmers may go out of business? ?last three years have been so terrible. >> reporter: you're a supporter of president trump. how are you thinking about that dynamic of something that could potentially hurt your business in the short-term, but also that broader america first mind-set? >> trump's a negotiator. i mean, rural america helped elect him, and i think he understands that. hopefully he can do some negotiations to get some things that we can get some markets overseas. when you talk about making america great, we want him to help make corn growers great again. that's our opinion there. >> reporter: while hartman is hopeful these tariffs could bring better trade deals, negotiations take time. and countries like brazil are eager to steal some of that market share in china. and once lost, it could be gone (peaceful music) - time to get up, sweetie! (kissing) - [child voiceover] most people might not think much about all the little things you do every day, but for me, just being able to do those little things is the

do you think that some farmers might go out of business? already farmers going out of business because the last three years the economy has been so terrible. >> reporter: you are a supporter of president trump. how are you thinking about that dynamic of something that could potentially hurt your business in the short term, but also that broader america first mind-set? >> trump's a negotiator. i mean, rural america helped elect him, and i think he understands that. hopefully he can do some negotiations to get some things that we can get some markets overseas. when you talk about making america great, we want him to help make corn growers great again, so that's our opinion there. >> john: and kelly o'grady joins us now. kelly, mr. hartman said that he hoped these tariffs would open up markets. how did that go last time around? >> kelly: well, to some extent, it worked. coming out of that initial trade war, china agreed to historic trade deal. it was called phase one, and they agreed to not only buy, but increase by $30 billion over a couple o

farmers.ice: so cbs news "money watch" correspondent kelly o'grady tells us they are preparing for the worst. >> reporter: how long has your family been in the farming industry? >> my grandfather bought this farm in the 1920s. >> reporter: kenneth hartman jrh is a fifth generation farmer from waterloo, illinois. >> definitely wet. >> reporter: his family operation produces corn, soybean, and wheat. it's a sector already under pressure. >> the economics of agriculture the last three years has been really challenging anyway with all the inflation that has happened. >> reporter: add on the inflation of tariffs, a pain hartman knows all too well. when the first trump administration imposed import taxes on china in 2018, beijing retaliated by targeting u.s. agriculture with up to 25% tariffs. the usda estimates retaliation reduced farming exports by over $27 billion, nearly all from china. what impact did you see on your farm personally? >> corn market dropped $0.50, $0.60 over that period of time.

speaking up on behalf of their farmers.isinformation about what usaid does about the lion's share of the investments that we make overseas, about who we're helping. and so it's not just about the activation that we're seeing happening in the congress and all around the country. it's about bringing forward these truths about who we are, who we are as a nation, and why from the american people, these investments are made because that is usaid slogan. it's not usaid, the government. it's that these investments come from the people and they make that difference. and that's hearts and minds. when we go. and seek to open up a market for u.s. company, it matters that we have bought that kind of goodwill by virtue of the lives that have been saved and affected. but it also matters for u.s. security. and i think there's just not a fundamental appreciation of that. it matters in the strategic competition with the prc, with china. there's not an appreciation of that, again, by the individuals who are taking out this agency. but the tr

i think our farmers are going to be helped. jobs are going to be out, but our farmers are going to be help our manufacturers are going to be help. and again, if somebody wants to come in including the car companies, if they want to come in and build car plans, they'll do it without tariffs and therefore prices won't go up. there could be some short term disturbance, but long term. uh, it's gonna, it's gonna make our country a fortune to do a cost with joining us live from washington dc. now he's actually matter of series of wide ranging statements about a whole bunch of stuff. let's stick on the tower for the moment though. id, any more clarity about these topics? yeah, we know they're going to be wide sweeping. they're going to encompass basically every 4 and us trading partner with the us and they have never been used before by any other country. these reciprocal terrace. but as far as what the numbers are themselves, we don't know yet, trust them around them back. he just signed direct to the advisors to quickly calculate what they deemed to be an affair number with each individual

wyoming mining, energy production, farmers and ranchers. we will also be protecting america's interest in fighting back against foreign adversaries that undermine u.s. industries and critical supply chains. we are all counting on you, and no doubt that given your experience serving president trump as chief of staff, but you are ready and equipped to lead the charge on behalf of the nation's agenda. in regard to market access, i know we all talk a lot about market access today, but we also talk about market access when we met in my office. i mentioned the import opening up new opportunities in my home state of wyoming. we talked about how open markets in japan for u.s. beef was a big win for wyoming ranchers. i for you about how wyoming is an energy powerhouse and how the nation energy breadbasket, wyoming also plays a major part in the world providing abundant, affordable energy to our allies around the world. we also have huge mineral deposits in wyoming, and mineral which is refined to do so --, a basic chemical building block used in man

that is not good for farmers. we are also destroying our soil because some chemicals farmers use destroyed it and that causes erosion. you cannot get water infiltration. water pools up. it is estimated if we continue doing these processes, only 60 harvests are left before the soil is gone. farmers are using seeds and chemicals that over the long-term are costing them and us. what we need to do is support the farmers -- we need the farmers as partners if we are going to make this work. i do not want a single farmer to go out of business under our watch. if i am privileged to be confirmed, i do not regulate farms. that is under usda. but i want to partner with all of my decisions with the usda and the farming community to make sure we do not lose more farmers in this country. that we also transition -- we offer and incentivize transitions to regenerative agriculture and to bless chemically intensive. by the way, i have also met with the chemical industry and the fertilizer companies and they want to do the same thin

i think our farmers are going to be helped.e going to be helped, but our farmers are going to be helped by our manufacturers are going to be helped. and again, if somebody wants to come in, including the car companies, if they want to come in and build car plants, they'll do it without tariffs and therefore prices won't go up. there could be some short term disturbance, but long term it's going to it's going to make our country a fortune. >> so americans should prepare for some short term pain. >> you said that. i didn't say that. >> well, if prices go up. >> and let's see what. >> happens, nobody really knows what is going to happen other than we know that jobs are going to be produced at levels that we haven't seen before. we know that we think interest rates are going to ultimately be coming down because of things that happen, and they go hand in hand with the tariffs. but we think that we think that the prices for some things, many things it could be all things will go down, ultimately will go down. >> mr. president. >> exp