that's part of the problem with agriculture today during my agricultural career you didn't have so many upfront costs, the cost of land, the cost of equipment, the cost of all the technology on the up front is much more significant than it was, the fixed cost have become burdensome in agriculture. that's a challenge in that way. but i'm convinced when i look at the bright young people in ffa and the colleges of agriculture and environmental sciences across the country i think there's a bright future there. while we're aging i think they will see the opportunity and the myriad of opportunities in agriculture, food, fiber, energy, pharmaceuticals, biology, so many efforts there. so i hope we'll grow a good new crop. >> you have been generous with your time do. you still have your dad's tractor? >> i do. and that 686 that i spent a lot of time on, thousands of hours on, i have it secured in a beautiful place. it was restored wonderfully with good friends. it was a wonderful recounting of memories brought back a lot of memories from my childhood. >> we look forward to covering you over the

i have always known redding is an agricultural area. shasta county is an agricultural county. we have a lot of great photos of agricultural scenes, and we thought it was time to do a big exhibition that celebrates the history and modern practices of agriculture in our area. right now, we are standing on wintu land. before european settlers got here, the native population lived in tune with the land where they did not cultivate crops in the way we think of growing crops. they cultivated the natural environment to their benefit. they grew willow trees back to make baskets. but their population size was right for the area. this particular spot was an amazing salmon fishery at the time. they lived off the land and lived well before white people got here in 1844. before that, people had been driving cattle and exploring through, but they had not actually settled. our wintu population and other populations were heavily influenced by that. we want to celebrate the fact that these people were here and used the land. we have a wintu copper mortar. the baskets are for carrying crops. to

i encourage them to tell the story of agriculture. in a lot of faa chapters, we have nonfarm kids who are there. they need to know about the production capacity. the fact is, in agriculture's broad and vast and deep as it is, there are many career opportunities, whether it is in the field, on the farm, on the ranch producing or in many other areas of agra business or aggie kron. we need to tell we need to tell the story. if you get an faa kid there, we had one at the farmers round table, valerie from minnesota. we brought her up to the the press the press asked her a couple of she questions. she knocked it out of the park. honestly, she had more credibility than i did standing up there. it was so fresh and so from the heart in that way. from an economic standpoint, we have some challenges, you know the start-up costs. that's part of the problem with agriculture today. during my agricultural career, you didn't have so much up front the costs. the cost of land, the cost of equipment, the cost of all the technology and everything else on

agriculture was here before gold. redding, when california became a state, he was trying to make registerednchero got but had to register with the state of california. century, the 20th system for registering brands was to get this cow shaped head and fill out the back with information. book is a wonderful produced by our historical registriess early which is great historical research where we can ask learn more about families. one of the things we discovered is this is a livestock area. his range cattle and beef cattle and that's one of the things that was wrought in here initially. they were very valuable at time. variousa underwent changes. he was going grapes and pairs and fruit became a big deal. capital of prune northern california at one point. irrigation changes that at all the sudden, we can irrigate land and get more cattle, growing more hay and alfalfa and we get very cattle. there he becomes a big industry and slowly but surely, that erodes and we are back to beef cattle again, which is one of our big expo

and if they are reflective of agriculture. but we also look at the science that's underlying the work that epa's done. we provide them information that we're aware of from the agricultural community and others, and then we have nice discussions with epa about how we can work together to either improve or make changes or maybe better understand why they're doing what they're doing. but we look fat through scientific eyes. my entire staff is very -- they're experts in their disciplines and we ensure that each one of them is fully aware of what epa's doing and that we can speak on behalf of agg. to ensure that they're scientifically based decisions. >> i appreciate that and we have the pleasure of hosting secretary perdue last friday in iowa and it was wonderful to see the interaction that he had with our farmers and growers. he did mention several times we want to make sure that things are scientifically based, any decisions that are made. and the fact that he encouraged collaboration amongst agencies. so it was really great to

he viewed agriculture as the bread basket that could supply california with agricultural needs.t is believed that the a happy one.was he passes away in 1900 and any outlives him by 18 years, here in the mansion. living alone within the mansion, annie is a force to be reckoned with. she ran the agriculture corporations here as well as managing over 20,000 acres of land. having never had children of their own. at the time of her death in 1918, the remaining small portion of land, as well as the mansion is deeded to the church. descendents of friends and family, descendents of family as well as the church and the school also receive small items or handfuls of items in the will. after visiting here, i hope that visitors leave with a better understanding of the fact that ahn and annie bidwell played role in the history of the town and also in the development of the state of california at the heritage of the states that we get to enjoy today. suche chinese were here at a valuable time. chico was coming here into its own. starting in 1840 and onwards. so i really consider them helping

we take agriculture very seriously. gary black is our number one marketing officer for their industry. he's consistently supported us to where we're the number one state in the country for peanuts, pecans, and blueberries. commissioner black's perspective on pesticide registration is especially important since states are partners with the federal government in this process. over the last two decades, the ag, seed, and chemical industry seen a substantial increase in cost and time of getting new technologies to farmers in the field. a large portion of these increased costs is from the increasingly complex and onerous federal regulatory environment. it's important the epa and usda work with partners like gary black to ensure the process of getting pesticides to market is done in a timely manner while still ensuring their safety. your insight is important to georgia and our country and i look forward to your testimony. thank you. >> our third panelist is mr. jay vroom, no stranger to the committee, chief executive officer

so, because you're working with agriculture -- and i know that afghanistan is 80% agricultural -- and just because of all the wars and war problems in your country, you have a long way to go. >> and agriculture is the solution. >> mm-hmm. >> without investing in agriculture, we'll not be able to have long-term stability. like you said, agriculture is the backbone of our economy. 80% is engaged in agriculture, so that's the only way to go ahead with. traditionally, in the past, for centuries, we have been involved with agriculture. and used to be, in the 1970s, we were exporting 70% of the world's raisin. so we have that potential. we need to look at it, how we can get to that target we were producing back then. >> i want to come back to agriculture, but i know that we have some connections in common. you went to cal state, east bay, and you were there when a man named dr. "mo" qayoumi was the president of cal state, east bay. he went to san jose state, and now he is the [laughing] chief advisor to president ghani. so you are now working with the man who was the president of the colleg

all of agriculture. while that is happening now with jody and i that did not happen with the senate. stabbed our cotton farmers in the back because they couldn't come up with their own solution for dairy and pitting one segment against the other has never worked except when you want to use it as a tool which is what happened in the senate. shame on them. i have strong feelings about that issue. >> mr. chairman from our give our first date went very well and you have my number and hope you will call again. >> you sent eight and emoji message and i don't cite emoji so i will have to get together with you. the rules of the committee today's hearing will remain open for 10 days to receive additional written responses from the witnesses. this hearing is adjourned. >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [i

agriculture committee you have the responsibility to represent all of agriculture, not just the folks that directly vote for you. while that's happening with jody and i, that did not happen when the senate stabbed our cotton farmers in the back because they couldn't come up with a solution of dairy. pitting one industry, one segment of our industry against the other has never worked except when you want to use it as a tool to get your own way is what happened in the senate with senator stabenow and leahy. shame on them. other than that, i don't have real strong feelings about that issue. mr. secretary, thank you. >> from our perspective, our first date went very well. splendidly, as well. you have my number. i hope you'll call again. >> i have one thing. you sent me an emoji message. i have to get with you and figure out what you were sending me. under the rules of the committee, today's hearing will remain open for ten calendars days for supplementary written responses of the witnesses. any question of a member. this hearing is adjourned. thank you. >> thank you. >>> ivanka trump and

. >>> in his first appearance before the house agriculture committee, agriculture secretary sonny perdue testified about the role of farming in the u.s. it economy and president trump's proposal budget cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program. congressman mike conoway chairs the committee. >> good morning. state of rural economy. >> bow our heads, please. dear heavenly father, we come before you at the throne of grace to first of all say thank you. we thank you for so many blessings that you bestow upon us. many which we don't even know. on this occasion, we ask a special blessing on our agriculture industry and that your blessings come upon our new secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue. dear heavenly father, finally, we thank you for your holy spirit, for oftentimes we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but your holy spirit intercedes for us with groanings that cannot be uttered. we thank you for that and we ask your holy spirit to enter this room today. these and other blessings we ask in your son, christ jesus' name, amen. >> david, thank you. mr. secretary, w

that you know the importance of agriculture and the trade of our agriculture products overseas? thank you. >> i really hope that's already been devastated with the presidents decision on nafta, knowing that nafta is very important to nebraska and the middle part of the country and how they really i go to benefit from that nafta agreement. as well as the agreement with china. you grow a few cows and nebraska, and they're going to benefit from opening that market as well. hopefully we are on the way in. as secretary ross likes to say, we've only just begun. i taken at his word on that and we've got a lot of things that we do very well and hope we cano get those things done as well. i'm an outcome kind of guy. you know, again, show me rather than tell me kind of thing. hopefully we are showing. >> i do believe that is our number one economic issue for nebraska. if i had to put a top three issue for like a cattleman or pork producers it is open -- foot and mouth disease. a caution that could prevent a cast of fluffy -- a catastrophe if that happens. i hear a lot of on that. i want t

into agriculture. and more than that, agriculture is now farming, it's far beyond a mule and plow from past. agriculture is a very sophisticated technology driven science driven engineering. these african-american institutions have curriculum applied to address what we refer to as s.t.e.m., science, technology education and math. and so what we want to do with this bill, is to change some language in the farm bill, which would one, right now, these universities can only spend the money we give them in education, research, and extension. but we want to change and add a fourth area that they can spend it in, which would be student scholarships. we've also set aside, we're working with the ccc. which is the commodities credit corporation to make sure we have the efficient funds available. we're offering one million dollars for each of the five years for each of the 19 schools. that comes to $95 million. it is something that these universities who have been there in the fire and have helped to find young p

we should band together with american agriculture. it is my hope that congress can learn from the leses sons taught in the aftermath of these situations, come together, support our rural communities and agriculture and make sure we support our fire response effortefforts to prevent that nt catastrophic fire. i yield back. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call:

agriculture uses a lot of labour from within the eu.rom within the eu. at farm. agriculture uses a lot of labour from within the eu. at the moment in farming we use around 250,000 people from within europe. abby is also worried about losing eu subsidies. last year, farmers in the uk received over £2.5 billion from europe. the conservative party had guaranteed subsidies until 2020. is that enough for farmers? no. probably the best example i can give you want that are these calves. i had a calf born yesterday. in two yea rs had a calf born yesterday. in two years time she will come into my herd ready to milk and in that amount of time she will have cost me 1800 to £2000 to raise. we are rorty thinking beyond 2020 just for these youngsters before i will start to turn a profit for them. that is how long—term we are looking. turn a profit for them. that is how long-term we are looking. this general election will determine who will steer the course for brexit and abby once agriculture high up on the political agenda. we are massive pa rt poli

it was before the government-sponsored or state department of agriculture. constant instrumentation with different crops and on the that was introduced to california along with agricultural produce. the mainstay of the rancho was wheat production because california's early agricultural base was the production of wheat during the gold rush. theroduced initially for booming domestic market of the gold rush and the gold rush population. throughngly geared exports of great britain. california was one of the leading suppliers of wheat to the industrializing populations of great britain. the bulk of the wheat crop was sent every year in wooden sailing ships from san francisco all the way back up the atlantic to liverpool, england. inwell was a big participant what was known as the bonanza wheat era of california agriculture. bidwell led the movement to transition california agriculture and so the more wheat, specialty crops that california became famous for, including the extreme irritation with oranges although they did not do that well in this part of the state

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recklessly harms american agriculture. six years now, the pesticide general permit has been in place. they have had successful growing seasons and congressional testimony has revealed no report of a pesticide plaketor being unable to apply pesticides in a timely manner. assertions that the general permit prevents us from combatting the zika virus. when special circumstances arise, public outbreaks like zika and west nile, it allows them to apply for permits after the fact. the post-pesticide application process is simple and it works. the bottom line is that limiting the amount of pesticides that are sprayed into our lakes, rivers and streams into our drinking water supplies is common sense. my home state of connecticut, pesticide contamination in residential drinking water has been a statewide problem for a long time. some of my constituents have lived with stomach pain, hair loss, skin rashes not knowing the cause. test results have revealed pesticides were the cause. that's why i stand here today to offer an amendment t

. >> thank you, chairman roberts, and other members of the agricultural committee. thank you for the opportunity to present my testimony this morning. my name is virginia ruiz and i am the director of occupational and environmental health at farm worker justice. farm worker justice is a national advocacy that supports farm workers in the u.s. to support their live going working conditions, occupational safety and access to justice. farm worker justice has been a member of the pria coalition along with the natural defense council and industry representative since the passage of the 2003 improvement act. and we supported re-authorization in the form of the pest saj registration enhancement act. under pria, money set aside from pest registration fees support worker protection act tichlts. for more than ten years the pria set asides have funded important programs at epa including pesticide safety training for farm workers and pesticide handlers, the development of worker and employee training materials on pesticide safety and implementation of the worker protection stan

tom: this farm could point to the future for chinese agricultural. -- agriculture.size in new york city come it is one of the biggest organic farms in the country. ofike the fast majority farms, this one does not rely on has to sides. it relies on water filtration and soil monitoring. that is in line with the government's push for a more ecological agricultural sector. he has run the farm since the 1990's when it cover just 15 hectors. few thousande to a sheep and takes and produces tens of thousands of tons of fruit and veggies. for organic is growing as people increasingly focus on food quality and personal health. bumper crops is hailed as a model business. the central government pushing for more high in food production as incomes grow and it has invested 500 million dollars. that is money that help to fund the wind turbine and a complex filter system. it is an approach that could be rolled out across china. >> so this can be replicated in other provinces, cities, and other varieties of food, that's something we have seen in other industries the government has in

and garden products, often at concentrations that are far higher than those you will find in the agricultural sector. >> millions of pounds of these insecticides arare used in urban and suburbrban areas. and in urn areas we'rere usually doing it o have the perfect rose or the nicest rhododendron or a lawn without any insect pests in it. >> manufacturers argue the pest-fighting power of neonics is indispensable to american agriculture. without neonics, consumers would pay higher priceses for food, farm exexpors uuld blessss cpetititi, and the u.s. economomy would suffer. >> in the 1940s, we had the organochlorine insecticides, such as ddt and endosulfan, and initially these pesticides were viewed as a miracle chemistry. >> w we started usising more a d more of ththese as industrtrial agricululture took k hold in the fifties, sixties, and, really, this is what rachel carson talked about in "silent spring." using all these insecticides was really leading to what she felt was a collapse of biodiversity. we were killing the undernnnning of, uh, , of the food d chain. >> by thehe 1970s, regugulator

is constrained by its agricultural domestic settings, europe is constrained by its agriculture domestic settings in this case you may have the only case ever and it will never happen again unless somebody else leaves the european union that the domestic settings themselves are going to be constrained by the need to have a successful result. if we don't have a successful result which means if we aren't able to build that four pillar trade policy approach, we're not going to have a successful result. and that is going to be a very, going to be a very, very powerful force in the lifetime of the next government in the uk. and that will constrain our domestic settings and that will ensure a more open system on agriculture. but at the same time, we will need to have agreements, free trade agreements with other partners. and many of the partners who are like-minded countries with whom they will get services liberal zation more easily are kporlters. and they will demand and the u.s. will demand for agricultural openness from the uk. and in certain areas we think we can deliver. we can deliver i

to a local school by the agriculture secretary is attracting protesters and extra security. the former vice president goes to new hampshire to set the record straight about his future political plans. >> now, abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. kimberly: feeling the brute force of nature across the nation's midsection this weekend. good evening. and kimberly suiters. fourople are dead in states after flooding and tornadoes, but the threat is not over. reporter: howling wind to raging water, parts of five states under siege from the elements. in texas -- >> there's a tornado crossing the road in front of us. reporter: this giant tornado rolling into canton. tragedy was averted on prom night by this quick thinking dj. >> i said it is going to be a direct hit, reporter: 20 people went into the bathrooms and storage closet and wrote out the storm without a scratch. automobile dealership and its entire inventory of new cars is now a junkyard. this couple helpless as they record the tornado that destroyed their new home. >> glad to be alive. reporter: residents banding together to

it's a a process s that hasas od throughout t the world where poor agricultural communities find themselves overusing their land in order to survive, depleting its fertility and further imimpoverishing ththemselves. one thing that became apparent early on is the connection between damaged environonments and hum p poverty. in many pararts of the world, tthere's been a vicicious cycle. continuous use of the land has leded to subsistence agrriculture.. and generation byby generation, this has further degraded ththe soils. the vital question we have to ask is, can this destctive prococs be reversed? [indiststinct announcncements] 15 years ago, chinese and internanational experts were confidenent it could be. they decided that to prevent further erosion, it was necessary to cease farming on certain key areas to allow the treeees and shrubs to grow back. but this could not happen without the consent of the farmers themselves. >> [speaking in chininese] >> they took some persuading. what eventually convivinced the local people was the assurance that they would have tenure of their land, that they

that water turned california into an agriculture mega place. california is one of the largest agriculture producers in the world is certainly in the united states. this comes from the general treasury. we are funded by the federal government, it's a federal facility. we produce power. we sell water contracts to agriculture and we have obligations to them and we have obligations to power we try to meet as well and as those things to solved, that goes back the treasury and we as a specific entity go back to the treasury and say we need this much money to operate shasta dam in the year and generate far more money than we need to operate shasta. in studying the top auger fee of the area, they are looking for a big basin, something that will be able to hold a lot of water. to look where the water is. we are situated here at shasta where we get about 75% of the states precipitation right to the north of us. here, they the dam are providing flood control to the city of reading which is the largest city in shasta county all the way to the bay area. you

every country protect their agricultural industries.have a supply management system that works very well in canada. the americans and other countries choose to subsidize to the tune of hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars their agricultural industries, including their dairy. different countries have different approaches, and we are going to engage in a thoughtful, fact based conversation on how to move forward in a way that protects our consumers and agricultural producers. john: in this thoughtful, fact-based discussion, maybe we can look at nafta. where do you rate the dangers of nafta? he came in making these big statements, and at this precise time, it does not seem there is a way of getting rid of nafta. or there is less. p.m. trudeau: one of the first things we did -- and this is not unique to this particular administration -- any incoming administration needs to hear from canada on how important the canadian-u.s. trade relationship is because it is often overlooked or taken for granted by american policymakers and lawm

in terms of the assets it has, the power and the control of agriculture, that kind of thing. has, the of agriculture, that kind of thingm has assets, it has control, but i think it is especially important because they now account access to sigenta, a top—flight company in agriculture. so this is china taking over control of an awful at a big companies that provide food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals. —— awful lot of. well, the sinochem and chemchina merger, that is a merger between two chinese companies. it is a mainland story. what makes it internationalist is that chemchina just bought sigenta. the interesting thing is, i had to comment on swiss radio recently, chemchina gave sigenta huge powers in terms of nominating board members and i am not sure that when the ownership structure of chemchina changes that those assurances will hold true. really quickly, we have what i suppose you would call smoke signals from opec yesterday, and also russia as well. pleasurably they are going to keep cuts in place untiljune. absolutely. they are probably going to keep them going. the saudi energy mi

agriculture was a calling to do god ‘s work.cre property, he at his business would not be thriving without outside help. agriculture as we know it would not be able to survive if the people who are working today as undocumented workers were not in the workforce. during peak season, more than 200 people work for him. 50 are here on temporary visas like ivan. his wife and daughters are in costa rica. he leaves for six months of the year and he has been doing it for six yea rs. and he has been doing it for six years. the reason is simple. for money. little money. you cannot find sufficient labour and you do not know from year to year if you are going to be able to find workers are legally so you wonder why people turn to doing things under the table and to undocumented workers because we do not have resources in place to hire people properly. this farmer depends on guest workers at applications for temporary visas are expensive and cumbersome. he needs more workers and faster and it would seem so more workers and faster and it woul

for him, agriculture was a calling, to do god's work.s would not be thriving without outside help. agriculture as we know it would not be able to survive if the people who were working today as undocumented workers were not in the workforce. during peak season, farmer kurt has more than 200 people working for him. 50 are here on temporary visas, like ivan. he leaves his wife and two daughter ‘s arica eight months of the year and has been doing so for the last six six years. —— in costa rica. has been doing so for the last six six years. -- in costa rica. you can't find sufficient labour, and you don't know from year—to—year if you don't know from year—to—year if you are going to be able to find the workers legally. so you wonder why people turn to doing things under the table, and why they turned to an undocumented worker. because we don't even have the resources in place to allow legitimate employers the legal means to hire people properly. this farm depends on guest workers, but the application process for temporary visas is expensive

of question of f the scope agricultural operations is an important one. state of north carolina, unfortunately, does not know the location -- its own environmental agency does not know the location of many of the poultry operations that are in the state. often, there: ok to with the hog operations we have been discussing. as you alluded to, the hog operations are predominantly concentrated in low income and minority communities, predominantly in southeastern north carolina. the residents experience significant impacts to quality of life. it is important to note this bill would reduce property rights for nuisance victims across t the state because it applies to any nuisance caused by any agricultural or forced reoperation, which do's and from the mountains to the coast. todo spam from the mountains the coast. amy: why isn't this act illegal? concernsare surly regarding its legality. ultimately, that may be teststed in the courts. what we have heard frorom bill proponents i is thahat they bele this is necessary to protect small farmers from frivolous lawsui

as chairman of the senate agriculture committee, i am speaking on behalf of so many farmers and ranchers and people throughout small-town rural america. we are delighted to have our --mpion in bob blight hauser in bob who has been such a great person to come to this job. he worked with my dear friend senator bob dole. thank you. applause] >> thank you for that. want to say i also a debt of thanks to the president. ishii, heth president has worked out an agreement in -- president xi, he has worked out a trade deal for the first time in many years and that will help small-town america. i think that is why i should yield to the distinguished vice president of the united states. the vice president. [applause] pence: thank you guest.of our honored on behalf of the president of the united states, today will be my great privilege to administer the oath of office to the 18th united states trade representative, robert lighthouse or -- robert light -- robert lighthizer. and with this appointment, donald trumps cabinet is finally complete. occasion.special it is an honor to have a couple of people

some of the agricultural products a buyer from brazil. this would give us a better market share than we have now. that is just one example of many. mr. grumet: the issue of deficits is obviously significant in the administration's policy. the department has held public hearings on this. are all deficits created equal? it means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. sec. wilbur ross: i don't know if i would classify them good, medium, and bad. i think there's no question that trade surpluses are more beneficial to a country than trade deficit. but within deficits there are two categories that i would call. one is what i would call blameless deficit. for example, we are not yet self-sufficient in energy. so naturally we are going to have something of a deficit caused by importation of hydrocarbons. an important consideration because relative to canada, more than our entire deficit comes from hydrocarbons that they export to the u.s. i don't call that blame full exports. -- blameful exports. are thingsmeful that come from so

and agriculture uses a lot of labour from within the eu.thin europe. abbie is also worried about losing eu subsidies. last year, farmers in the uk received more than £2.5 billion from europe. the conservative party had guaranteed subsidies till 2020. is that enough for farmers? no. probably the best example i can give you on that are these calves. i had a calf born yesterday, a heffer calf. in two years' time she will come into my herd ready to milk. in that amount of time she will have cost me £1,800—£2,000 to rear. we're already thinking beyond 2020 just for these youngsters before i'll start to turn a profit from them. that is how long—term we are looking. this general election will determine who will steer the course for brexit. and abbie wants agriculture high up on the political agenda. we are a massive part of the economy and i hope that politicians realise how important we are. i want to hear from them that they are going to champion agriculture. i want to hear that they care about this industry. farming is just so linked to what pe

i've been to har bin, which is north of north korea, it's an agricultural region of china. and we need their cooperation, we need their assistance in peacefully dealing with this and changing this dangerous direction of north korea at this time. >> thank you, governor. thank you mr. chairman. >> senator portman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and governor good to see you thanks for coming by to visit. >> thank you. >> and 24 years as governor. >> well, probably won't serve out the full 24 years if you confirm me, but. >> only 23.5. >> i'm in my 23, 23 sessions. >> you've done a great job and you've shown today that you've got a grasp of what's going on over in china. i appreciate that. it's a tough job. i knew sandy and was over there with him a couple of times and he was kind of a china expert. i know you go into this with your eyes wide open, but despite your relationship with president xi going back to his days as, you know, head of a livestock association, they're tough negotiators. when i was u.s. trade secretary i had the opportunity to negotiate with them quite a bit an

it will be up to the welsh government because agriculture isa welsh government because agriculture is, to decide what is the best agricultural policy for wales? this should not be left to somebody who cannot be named and you do not vote for. it will be his responsibility and his government to answer to the welsh people at the end of the day if they do not deliver the best deal. when we look at net beneficiaries or not, in 2014 when we had that official study by the welsh government in cardiff, in that year, wales was benefiting to the tune of £250 million in terms of inflow and outflow. it is difficult to square that with you saying there is nothing coming in. the funding you mentioned earlier, basically all of that money coming from the eu is taxpayers' money, it is not because there is more put back in. the united kingdom as a whole. this is an welsh terms. every single penny the european union currently spends in wales should be given to wales by the chancellor of the exchequer, the uk government, who will ultimately be responsible for dividing the cake up. but i am making the poin