agriculture. and to diversify our nation's agricultural production. i also thank -- think there is ample opportunity for the department to improve outreach and engage for those entering into agriculture agriculture. through today's discussion i look forward to hearing more about these producers and how they overcame their myriad of various challenges. including those set on or aggravated by the covid-19 pandemic. i also hope to hear how we as policymakers can better serve small or beginning farmers. what policies we need to work on , where we can start over, how we ultimately can ep sure that agriculture remains a highly desired industry. as i said, i'm excited about our work and the work ahead. i sincerely look forward to today's testimony. and thank you, again, madam chair, for calling this hearing. i yield back. chair plaskett: thank you, ranking member. the chair would request that other members submit their opening statements for the record so witnesses may begin their testimony and to ensure

well, it did the agricultural sector and so therefore it is quite vast and quite varies. and in quite resilience. and as this fall, more thing they're good and pest control on top of that winter is stalking here. so that hopefully will kill off some of those the locust forms as well. so although it might have an effect on an individual, farmers like the one that you saw in the report, i think over all that the agriculture sector will be back and actually seeing it as one of the cornerstone stupid declined. we've seen during this grown or kinetic yeah, i was, we were last just where you're saying at the end of that. but you were just touching on how important agriculture is the south african economy and how big a role is expected to play in the recovery from the current of ours pandemic. oh, mass simply message. we start africa feels that it is a cornerstone of getting out of the economic decline because of the mimic. although we've seen decline in jobs and agriculture sector during corona, we just heard at 100000 jobs in the elk culture sector has been lost so far. we act

farmers and regenerative agriculture. it's huge f implications for humanitarian assistance he diplomacy worldwide and it assists our military creating conditions for stability around the world so they don't have to go in. giving you a lot of detail for working components of the ai preparations process because they're all affecting one another. >> are guests work on calls and comments, 2027488001. independence and others 2,027,488,002. you serve on the a preparations subcommittee on state and foreign operations. you mentioned 12 spending bills congress must pass. let's focus on the relationship between u.s. and israel. the israeli leadership in recent weeks withea new prime ministera new government in israel and changes in theng approach of the ministration, providing administration was trump administration.he what do you see in the area? >> we witnessed another dramatic outbreak of hostilities between israel and the palestinians. obviously no one wants to see that. for decades we have focused on what we call the road back

vilsack acknowledges and supports the good work that agriculture's purdue -- agriculture's due in pursuitf those climate goals and healthy environments. there's a clear recognition because of his experience, because he knows what happens on the ground, that without cattle producers the biden administration would have a difficult time meeting these climate goals. not because we are looking at an emissions reduction, but because there is a potential for conservation across landscapes, for improving carbon storage and soil health and keeping these landscapes open and healthy and productive for wildlife and for these multiple uses. sec. vilsack has been able to hit the ground running and we have been able to appreciate the work he has done so far. we continue to have a lot of issues on our plate, quite literally, that we share with usda. so we continue working with him to make sure that cattle and beef producers have what they need and are not unnecessarily burden simply because there is a regulatory or a desire to move forward in a way that's maybe not the best step. host: to kevin, in new y

we should be able to regulate animal agriculture.rock environmental protection laws are the clean air and water act. we are not really tracking omissions associated with animal agriculture at this time. we are really far behind and i do think there is progress we can make, but we absolutely have to address money in politics and curb the political power of the big meatpacking companies. host: on the independent line, jon vera beach, florida. caller: my defense -- my question relates to the department of agriculture and the states and if there are any states taking proactive measures to encourage more sustainable raising of meat products, and also reducing the environmental impact? chloe: absolutely. one thing i would point to is many states are looking at healthy soils legislation and one healthy soils practice is managed raising and pasture based animal agriculture. you have to transition away from one type of production to a sustainable amount. we do need to have less animal production, but a sustainable amount of pasture based anim

providing incentives so that agriculture moves from subsistence agriculture to agribusiness, where are. ..and manufacturing is enhanced, so that we are adding value to our products. but the broad point i want to make here, and i quote iseoluwa akintunde, who's an expert on nigeria from the british think—tank chatham house, "for decades, the mantra of economic diversification characterised attempts to reverse nigeria's dependence on oil with little real progress." and he says that the decline in gdp from oil gives new urgency to this issue. so are you really dealing with this issue with real urgency that it needs? cos he's right, we've heard about this for decades. you are right, zeinab, this has been said for decades. but check the numbers. 0k. the contribution of revenue in the country today is largely from the non—oil sector, that is what has changed. if you look at our budget, if you look at the actual budget performance, you'll find that the non—oil revenue is contributing 55%. it used to be 30%, 35%. so things are changing — not as fast as we want them to be, but we're pushing t

department of agriculture and be my kentucky director of agriculture tourism. she did that. and i had about 275 employees. i can say with confidence amelia was the most popular employee in the kentucky department of agriculture. everybody loved her. when i got elected to congress in 2016, amelia followed me. she was the one employee that i asked to go from the kentucky department of agriculture in frankfurt, kentucky, with me to create my new field office in madisonville, kentucky. amelia was my field representative for the northwestern part of the first congressional district of kentucky. . every county judge, every mayor, every elected official, democrat and republican, in those counties worked with amelia, respected amelia, loved amelia, and are saddened by the tragic loss of amelia's life this past week. i can't say i ever met a person who was more sincere and more inspiring than amelia wilson. she's a christian. she's someone that lived a purpose driven life. and she is someone that we will all greatly miss. heaven gained an angel last week with amelia bro

it's far from ideal. >> reporter: diane is an agricultural economist at montana state university who studied immigration and agriculture. >> there is currently a bill in congress to try to reform h 2 a program to make it easier for producers to use that program to provide a path to citizenship for those who participate in the program. unfortunately, there have not been better solutions for many decades. >> reporter: but reforming h 2 a wouldn't actually help undocumented farm workers, which myers says are the majority and are not actually legally permitted to work in the united states. >> as human beings, how can we argue against them being able to have the same opportunities that we have? >> reporter: for myers, a self-described staunch conservative, one of the first changes he'd make would be to give immigrant undocumented workers a path to citizenship. >> they came here with a dream. they came here to make a difference for their family. they came here to improve their lives. they put food on everyone's table. they should have a way, a path to citizenship. there's no question they

he prefers to talk about the success of sustainable agriculture, which he hopes can be expanded. about disease which was east wind with agriculture projects of would be keeping it's just one example we have been able to reduce at a negative impact humans have on the environment by have them as you study. oh, all for one thing. we currently see that deforestation is decreasing disorders demand these successes sorely needed the mind blocking the elephant path where the police burned down the camp is fully operational again, by the very next day. the guy and pedals will not stop looking for gold because they need the money to be on board. if they stop from digging here, all the people will starve to death by mining. we can at least buy some food and pay school fees. goofy. i cannot stress that enough if the illegal prospect is will surely continue searching for gold. it's more dangerous than working in a cooperative, but also more lucrative. and now for today's global snack, we had to brazil, the brazilian, the capital of brazil. as the t famous for modern architecture, the in the w

he was in the business of agriculture himself. secretary of agriculture seemed like a good bet. purdue spoke to the press in early december about how he was talking to trump about his skills and where he would might be a good fit. it wasn't exactly mystery that he was going to end up there. a couple of years before all this, before he was in line for the agriculture secretary decision, archer-daniels-midland had in fact started talking with perdue's company about selling this parcel of land. they bought it in 2024 about five and a half million dollars. when they went to him about it in 2015, they asked his company if they wanted to buy it for $4 million. that was 2015. but after trump won, as purdue was about to become secretary of agriculture, they decided to sell it to him not for the formal million dollars that he had already asked him for, they decided to sell it to him for $250,000. which desmond butler points out was 5% of the price the company had paid for it not a year before, was 16 times what's purdue's firm was asked to pay for just two years earlier. that's doesn't p

this does lead to more lab needed for agriculture and less. overall, the jury still out and where the organic food is actually much more nutritious. but what is thought is that organic vegetables contain far fewer pesticide residues and therefore healthy but that a lot of gray areas, organic funds can be small scale and catered to local communities. or they can be large and industrial, transporting food over large distances, sometimes overseas. so not all organic farms mean local and happy and your which so many if and but how did the to compare? we had looked at 40 years of all the studies then comparing organic with conventional farming. regular team found that why conventional farms produced 10 to 20 percent higher yields organic farming is not only better for the environment boss. and more surprisingly, it was more profitable significantly. so and part of that reason is because organic farmers get a premium for their foods. they get more money over that 40 year period between 975-200-2015. the premium average about 30 percent more high pri

he was in the business of agriculture himself. secretary of agriculture seemed like a good bet. perdue spoke to the press in early december about how he was talk trump with his skills and where he might be a good fit. wasn't exactly a mystery that was where he was going to end up. a couple of years before all this, before he was in line for the agriculture secretary position archer daniels midland started talking with perdue's company about selling him this parcel. they bought it for $25 million. when they went to him about it in 2015, they asked perdue's company if he wanted to buy it for $4 million. that was 2015. after trump won, as perdue was about to come secretary of agriculture, they decided to sell it to him not for the $4 million they already asked him for. they decided to sell it to him for $250,000, which dsmond butler points out was 1/16 of what the company asked perdue's farm to pay for it just two years earlier. back to desmond butler's piece -- quote, the timing of the sale, perdue was about to become the most powerful in u.s. agriculture raises legal and ethical

he was in the miss of agriculture himself. secretary of agriculture seems like a good bet. perdue spoke to the press in early december how he was talking to trump about his skills and where he might be a good fit. it wasn't exactly a mystery that's where he was going to end up. a couple years before this, before he was in line for the agriculture position, archer/daniels/midland had talked to him about buying his parshall of land. they bought it for $5.5 million. and then asked perdue if they wanted to by it for $4 million. that was 2015. after trump won, ever perdue becomes secretary of agriculture, they decided to sell it for not the $4 million, she decided to sell it for $250,000. which desmond butler points out it was 5% of not what they asked for, it was initially 1/16 of what perdue's firm asked to pay for it. perdue was about to become the most powerful man in u.s. agriculture raises legal terms from the narrow question of whether the secretary followed federal financial disclosure requirements to whether the transaction could have been an attempt of influence. it de

this does lead to more land needed for agriculture and less. overall, the jury still out and where the organic food is actually much more nutritious. but what is thought is that organic vegetables contain fall fuel pesticide residues and therefore healthier. but a lot of gray areas, organic funds can be small scale and cater to local communities or they can be large and industrial, transporting food over large distances, sometimes overseas. so not all organic farms mean local and happy and your which so many. ringback if and but how did the to compare? we had looked at 40 years of all the studies then comparing organic with conventional farming. recognize teen found that while conventional psalms produced 10 to 20 percent higher yields, organic farming is not only better for the environment bars. and more surprisingly, it was more profitable significantly. so and the part of that reason is because organic farmers get a premium for their food, they get more money for their food. over that 40 year period between 75 and 2000 to 2015. the premium a

i also, i think i've found opportunities in agriculture. i'm a director of a company called foss agro. it's moving because agriculture is coming back. also has the advantage that is cadmium free. you know, it's heavy metals, most of our lives as heavy metal whatever reason why cycle has no heavy metals. so it's got a natural advantage. so agriculture is doing well tourism travel, chinese. why? and i bought a chinese wine company that's new to me. good. that's why people didn't go to the bars, they don't go to the residence, but now they're going back, you know, things they got heard in my view, that's where i am looking for and finding advantage in the 1st part of the program, we talked about this injection of enormous funds cash into the economy. here is a smart money taking that and putting it into hard assets like use that in agriculture. well, it seems to be agriculture is ultimately always has been because god isn't making any more real estate. right. well, if those inflation, the price of things, food, rice, potatoes, cotton, the pric

agriculture is the backbone of north carolina's economy. in the sweet potato industry it is critical to our flood supply in north carolina and in the country. it is not an understatement to say that north carolina sweet potato commission has more than fulfilled its founding mission to strengthen our state's sweet potato production. i congratulate them on their 60th anniversary. may they have many more years of providing every american with one of our nation's safest, nutritious, and might i add, delicious vegetables grown. mr. speaker, our national debt exceeds $28.1 trillion. in congress, year after year, continues spending money with seemingly no regard for the debts we are pushing on to future generations. while it was necessary to spend a significant amount of money to get us through the covid-19 crisis, we must now move aggressively to address the national debt. in my opinion the most significant domestic threat that our country faces. the sooper we take action, the bet -- sooner we take action, the better. unfortunately, the current a

that is possible with organic agriculture to produce food. many other studies have come to the same conclusion, but with one major caveats, diet. if people is only vague and food, 100 percent of the population could be fed on organics using just the land we already farm on. mediterranean ism would gives us a 94 percent success rate and a western style me to have a diet gives this a 15 percent chance. there is another big factor as well. in efficiency, right now of told of all the for the produce worldwide gets wasted. and we also basically produce a lot of, i wouldn't call it truly, but there's a lot of grain that's produced to to feed cars for ethanol or, you know, biofuels. a good example of inefficiency of land use is con, most gone, harvested in the u. s. goes directly to feed animals to be boned as fuels one less than a 10th of the food system. ah. so in theory we could feed the world with just organic food, especially with more plants based diet and more efficient farming system. but do we need to get rid of all testifies, maybe we don'

like you said in agriculture? well it seems to be agriculture is ultimately probably always has been because god isn't making any more real estate. right. well, if those inflation, the price of things, food, rice, potatoes, cotton, the price of thing is go higher and as commodities and commodities have been bad for a long time, and they're worth money printing. so i don't know if i know what i'm doing, but i'm certainly buying, i think you are that said, you know, one of the prickly points that we see in the, in the global economy, silver, the silver. thank you. thank you. that's not a russian silver. you read russian? yes, i can. ok. yes. this is russian 1014 ok. don't spend it on the same place. ok. it's good politics. now the normal market activities is interrupted by something that irritates a lot of people and it's called sanctions here. how does that interrupt commodity prices, trade trading patterns here because it seems to me, unfortunately, that we see some countries using sanctions as a political tool to

so agriculture is doing well tourism travel, chinese. why? and i bought a chinese wine company that's new to me. good. that's why people didn't go to the bars, they don't go to the residence, but now they're going back, you know, things they got heard in my view, that's where i am looking for and finding advantages. in the 1st part of the program, we talked about this injection of enormous funds cash into the economy. here is a smart money taking that and putting it into hard assets, like you said in agriculture. well, it seems to be agriculture is ultimately probably always husband because god isn't making any more real estate. right. well, if those inflation, the price of things, food, rice, potatoes, cotton, the price of thing is go higher and as commodities and commodities have been bad for a long time, and they're worth money printing. so i don't know if i know what i'm doing, but i've certainly buying, i think you too hard asset, you know, one of the prickly points that we see in the, in the global economy, silver, the silver. thank you

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notjust agriculture? now finding a aren't they? not 'ust agriculture?— agriculture?ination of covid in the furlough scheme, plus brexit has meant a lot of businesses are struggling to find workers. the positive angle on this is that wages are increasing, there are multiple reasons for that, it's notjust are multiple reasons for that, it's not just a straightforward are multiple reasons for that, it's notjust a straightforward answer. itjust notjust a straightforward answer. it just comes notjust a straightforward answer. itjust comes down to limited workers. but in some cases this could be good for workers if their wages go up. at the front page of the fte shows that the medical cannabis industry in the uk has been overlooked for far too long —— fte_ and for it to be made here, so i think that's one thing to highlight here. it's alsojust think that's one thing to highlight here. it's also just impossible for the government to forecast what the labour market will need. it's really bad at doing that, it's a decision much better left a business. we will find hurdles in

this does lead to more lab needed for agriculture and less. overall, the jury still out and where the organic food is actually much more nutritious. but what is thought is that organic vegetables contain far fewer pesticide residues and therefore healthy. but there are a lot of gray areas. organic farms can be small scale and cater to local communities, or they can be large and industrial, transporting food over large distances, sometimes overseas. so not all organic farms mean local and happy and your which so many if and but how did the to compare. we had looked at 40 years of all the studies, then comparing organic with conventional farming reg, another teen found why conventional firms produce 10 to 20 percent higher yields. organic farming is not only better for the environment boss, and more surprisingly, it was more profitable, significant. so and part of that reason is because organic farmers get a premium for their food, they get more money for their food. over that 40 year period between 975-200-2015. the premium average about 30 per

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he prefers to talk about the success of sustainable agriculture, which he hopes can be expanded. about disease which was the one that was agriculture project of would you be keeping it's just one example we have been able to reduce at a negative impact human have on the environment by half dead as you study. oh all for one thing. we currently see that deforestation is decreasing disorders to me until the successes sorely needed the mind blocking the elephant path where the police burned down the camp is fully operational. again, by the very next day, the guy pedals will not stop looking for gold because they need the money to be on board. if they stop from digging here, all the people will starve to death by mining that we can at least buy some food and pay school fees for school fees. i cannot stress that enough. if the illegal prospect is will surely continue searching for gold. it's more dangerous than working in the co operative but also more lucrative. and now for today's global snack, we had to brazil, the brazilian, the capital of brazil, a city famous for modern architect

does english and was going with agriculture a project of would be keeping it's just one example. we have been able to reduce a negative impact human have on the environment by have them as you study all, all for one thing. we currently see that deforestation is decreasing disorders demand. these successes are sorely needed. the mind blocking the elephant paths where the police burned down the camp is fully operational again, by the very next day, the guy pedals will not stop looking for gold because they need the money to be on board. if they stop us from digging here, all the people will starve to death by mining, we can at least buy some food and pay school fees, school fees. i cannot stress that enough. if the illegal prospect is will surely continue searching for gold. it's more dangerous than working in a cooperative, but also more lucrative. and now for today's global snack, we had to brazil, the brazilian, the capital of brazil. as the p famous for modern architecture, the and in the whole of the metropolis up a station with a colored region, the delivery of the sofa, the

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according to the un food and agriculture organization. a sharp rise in food prices as be covered. 1900 panoramic has thrown millions out of work added to food security. britain and the you have reached an agreement on post fishing rights that will allow both parties fleets to fish each other's waters until the end of this year. the d o says quote is for shad stops now to look at the life span of a battery. so it can start off being made from all sorts of materials like lithium, the need to be pulled from the ground. but what about when they say they use and are ready to be thrown away? well, start up in berlin is giving them a 2nd life berlin bass start up centuries has found a solution for electric vehicle batteries. reiner hernon and his team are giving them a 2nd life. so gotten the bones under. that's how we received the batteries. they still have about 70 percent of the original storage capacity. first, we disassemble these 48 modules, check them, and then use them to produce our new better package. the better packs are compact. 35 k

they say they're held agriculture and their environment have all been seriously affected. many spend hours collecting fresh drinking water ones on the river. water contains too much salt, which is why we take water from here. nowadays, it's even much worse. so we have to totally rely on the water from here. environmental experts are worried about the long term effects of different protein, some of the summer food. and typically it's been observed that during the long summer period, the salt water level increases into surface of the rivers and kennels in south and south western regions. since we are now experiencing and prolong summer period, the salinity of the man whom su river has increased significantly compared to previous occasion and has effected 2 areas, mainly agriculture and health. bangladesh is familiar with the adverse impact of salt water intrusion, but with the consequence of climate change, it is now gradually extending inland, affecting river water and agriculture land in the south. and southwestern region. many have no choice but to use river water. not on

, for large agriculture and for small agriculture. so, and what is interesting is that, you know, if we think about mangroves or infrastructure that protects us from storms, etc. ensure is a very interested in that also because it restores and protects what otherwise they would have to pay out for. so it is about finding the puzzle of the finance pieces as well as the political will and leadership to make this happen. always good talk to you. got buddy. thanks, david anderson in my robi. my pleasure. that's going to weather update his kara hello there. let's start in china and there's more wet weather on the menu for southern and eastern areas, macau, going to see some more of that intense rain. we could see more flooding here, hong kong seeing wet weather as well. it's shanghai that staying fine and dry it with $27.00 degrees and north eastern areas of china, also affected by the severe weather. so he's fine and dry though across the korean peninsula. but it's japan that really takes the soaking on friday. some of those heavy rains c

this is a big issue for the agricultural growers.of the growers. but when the biden administration took effect in january, we saw the administration saying they were siding with the unions here. in the end, the unions leading out in this 6-3 decision from the conservative court. >> jeffrey toobin, no sooner had we ediscussed unexpected overla, a major loss for unions here. >> sciutto, i promise i didn't set this up with chief justice roberts just to make the point i was making, that there are still deep political divisions on this court. when you look at issues like labor unions, like personal injury lawsuits, this is a court that overwhelmingly decides with defendants in personal injury lawsuits for employers rather than employees, and this case was just an example of that. >> all right. there you go. it's coming at us one by one. stirl cases to come from the supreme court. stay tuned later this week. jeffrey and jessica, thanks very much. >>> later today president biden will announce his plan to help curb gun violence as the nation

the most controversial part of the trade deal has been the removal of agricultural tariffs from the u.khey will be gradually phased out over the coming 15 years. they will be gradually phased out over the coming 15 years. , concerned it will be flooded by cheap australian beef and lamb. meat tariffs were limited to where they were before brexit. the same story with cheese. dairy producers are limited to and import quarter of 44 grams per person per year, not much particularly when the average brion eats four times that per week. there will be better access to services from australia, expanded recognition of professional qualifications from both countries. really a lot covered in this agreement. the next step is to get the legal text lined up and then it will be ratified and come into force. kathleen: paul allen joining us from sydney, thank you so much. a reminder, we will be speaking to the australian trade minister dan t hen about the trade deal -- dan tehan in a few minutes about the trade deal. this is bloomberg. ♪ kathleen: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. the

for example, it remove tariffs on agricultural products, however, have prevented the agreements from generating the greatest benefit for the region. my team and i are working to fulfill my responsibility to thoughtfully engage a process region and identify areas where trade policy can help working people. the fact is that this hemisphere is our home. countries in the americas are our neighbors and they are interdependent. our success is based on the principle that no one should be left behind. for these reasons, we will only use trade policy to -- we need to translate that concept into meaningful change for farmers, ranchers, factory workers, often overs, and families. responsible sustained engagement and utilizing data, the biden harris administration will develop a better understanding of how our proposed trade policies affect communities of color and we will consider those affect before making trade decisions. we will not just will i only same argument that i -- and i push my team to be thoughtful and innovative when building relationships with those who have stashed do not have e

senate committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry to order. couple of notes, there is a vote scheduled for 3:00. we'll proceed and just ask members to go vote and come back if you've not yet asked your questions. and also i'm told that there's -- the only ones that control turning on the mics are ourselves in this system, staff can't do that, so, please, push talk when you want to talk, and then turn it off unless you want everybody else to hear what you're saying after you talk. so thank you. first, i want to thank members of the committee on both sides to have aisle who have requested that we have this important hearing. we're going to focus specifically on our cattle markets today. many of us have heard from producers concerned with a lack of transparency and e competition. these farmers and ranchers also raised concerns about concentration and the packing industry, potential market manipulations, lack of access to small and mid-sized plants and a range of other issues. this is a really important conversation as the committee considers reau

and since the dawn of agriculture, we've been trying to keep them away from all. the ancient greek and the gypsies communities, drain the caps, and even domesticated mongol says to keep locust and rodents away from the serial. then put the some european communities were more inspired from my bribes to flew. some tried to keep the gardens and firms in bloom with the right music the me. but even in the 20th century, we saw ludicrous metal the pest control. like in china, where the entire country declared war on mosquitoes flights sparrows and rats killing millions of each keeping. that's the way in whatever way possible has been necessary to avoid famines and increase food availability. but best control really blew up in the global north and the post war pesticide, iraq web chemicals to synthesize from organic compounds and use widely. for the 1st time, there's a huge leap forward as crop you shot up and the developing world had its so called green revolution, chemical fertilizers and pesticides flooded the market. and how yielding speeds began to be used across the

i agriculture, an empowerment.opeful that it will be a source of satisfaction for americans and a contribution to world peace. >> kennedy implemented his plan to help foreign countries economically by naming george to administer a food for peace program. under his direction, the agriculture departments and tons upon tons of food to the nations who need your strength to remain independent and free. kennedy yearlong emphasized his policy of helped the nations to help themselves. in washington, at the headquarters of the organization of american states, the president told oas members about wanting his most ambitious and far reaching new programs. the alliance for progress. applying to eight latin american nations to strengthen themselves economically and socially. >> our task is to build a society of men and women. conscious of their individual identity, of their national aspirations and also of the common hemisphere. this means recreating our social so that they were better served of our nation and our people. it mea