effective this weekend they are a new president of ncga. we discussed his new role and the importance of shepparding the next farm bill. >> upcoming farm bill will be so important. the budget concerns we are facing if -- we need to make sure we have a strong crop insurance policy and on top of that a revenue insurance policy called adap which we are working on. that is my number one primary goal because that affects not only corn farmers but a lot of farmers. >> in case are you wondering he is quite pleased with his yield yield so far considering the growing season. >>> rice harvest is more than half done. most of the nation's rice is grown in arkansas. during an average year they plant about 300,000 acres. we talked to growers in cross county arkansas. they said yields will be about average at best. in most cases they are down 25%. >> we started out, we got the very small window for rice in march and then we got wet and didn't get another window for a lot of guys until the end of may. stayed well for april and most of may and when it dried