and make no mistake about it, vital farms has been a growth machine. oming into this year, wall street seemed pretty bullish on this one. sanguine farms was taking share with its humanely raised eggs, allowing them to charge a premium price for a commodity product. plus, as the bird flu outbreak started gaining steam, some analysts figured that vital farms would be a big beneficiary as their cheaper competitors would be forced to raise prices. suddenly, these formerly expensive eggs are looking a whole lot less pricey in comparison. in fact, these guys haven't raised prices in over a year, despite the bird flu epidemic pushing up the cost of non-branded eggs. so what the heck happened then? with the quarter when vital farms reported that this morning they delivered an excellent set of numbers, a clean top and bottom line beat 30% like for like revenue growth, 280 basis points of gross margin expansion $0.23 of earnings per share. the street is looking for $0.16. looking to the future, vital farms acknowledged that its supply constraint. but the ceo said

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grappling with and they can't build equity going for them and all the challenges, it's vital that farmety net are maintained and strengthened and the top priorities are enhancement to the crop insurance and reflected in the farmer act and senator hobin in 2024 and title one programs for increasing in the programs. have american grown barly exclusively and u.s. farmers producing enough to meet demand and consumer benefits from top export market. thank you for the opportunity to testify and providing support for american farmers and we want to hope you can join us this evening and we have a reception in the caucus room called barley, brews and boots reception with the industry partners and a wide selection of beer made with u.s. barley. thank you. >> very good, thank you. >> we raise angus cat and will grain and barley. i'm a chair of farm producers and honored to represent many family farms here today. my 12 years in rural banking industry and firsthand experience with a very real financial challenges of farming in the current environment have allowed me to develop it's easy to sum up a

it's vital that farm safety and risk management programs be maintained and strengthened. our top priorities include handsome and smoother crop insurance as reflected in the former act introduced in 2024 and improvements to the farm bill programs including close -- we hope new farm bill can be enacted this year and we want to take the opportunity to share perspectives on the potential for district -- disruptions or markets due to tariffs and trade disputes. were proud and appreciative that to mastic beer producers will use american grown barley almost exclusively. barley growers and consumers benefit, mexican beer producers produce -- purchase u.s. barley and they are exported back to this country for u.s. consumers. we benefit from a smooth and carefree flow of goods and we urge fair and beneficial trade between the u.s. and mexico. thank you for the opportunity to testify today and for your continued support for american farmers. i hope you can join us this evening, we have a reception call the barley bruce and boots reception and will have a wide selection of beers made

the fact that commodity support programs under title i of the farm bill title i of the farm bill which is the vitalnent of the farm safety net accounts for roughly 5% of the farm bill baseline. five percent.that's all. when folks say more farm in the farm bill, this is what they are talking about. it is so essential we let americans know the problems that we have in the seriousness of this. we know that when you stop production if you shut down all the production on the west coast if you shut down the slaughter facilities culturally banking plant shutdown the confines for 30 days we would have enough food to view this country for maybe 30 days. it's consumption is consistent, constantly eating every day of what we are trying to provide so we have to provided everyday. we are the ones that. mr. duvall, would you agree that commodity programs under title i deserves significant improvement and a significant investment? >> i would agree with that. >> the u.s. farm economy would be in a different place right now if congress had made these proper investments and enacted a youth farm bill a year ago would

providers that distribute those services and from parents who use those services vital nutrition programs that are part of the farm bill under threat. >> if the program is cut, tens of thousands of san franciscans people from marin county could be impacted when you have children with special health needs and disabilities. medicaid is your lifeline. it keeps your children connected. these proposed cuts are a death sentence community over 50% of the babies born in california are born via medicaid. pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs. >> because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says even the president's call for the end of the presidio is a distraction. >> take a look after the perceived a look after the federal building. a look after all of that. that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects distract you from the fact. but what would they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues that rel

america and the men who grow our food produce vital raw materials and give their sons of this land may remain free. this is the story one such american farm. this is farmer henry browne age 38. father of three children farming 40 acres. this year, henry browne is growing on his farm than ever before. and to get their work done is summer days. he and his have to be up with the sun. this january, doing the milking this year for the first time. they have cold and young him. he is raising the cap of his own. he is going to be the best in the county. milk for breakfast and eggs to this is raising 20 him. most all good ladies those that are in good layers will make good eaters. she says. last year there was just the same old corn bread and fatback for breakfast food. you up all right? but didn't really build strong, healthy bodies. young henry grows like johnson grows. but even so, he's already begun to fill a father's. plenty to do today. not that every farmer doesn't always have plenty of work. but this year it's different. different. because this year it isn't cotton and corn. the government said we needed more fats and oil to make for what

providers that distribute those services and from parents who use those services vital nutrition programs that are part of the farmat. >> if the program is cut, tens of thousands of san franciscans people from marin county could be impacted when you have children with special health needs and disabilities. medicaid is your lifeline that keeps your children connected. these proposed cuts are death sentence or community over 50% of the babies born in california are born via medicaid. pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs. >> because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says even the president's call for the end of the presidio is a distraction. >> take a look after the perceived a look after the federal building look after all that. that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects distract you from the fact. but what would they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues that relate to everything we

providers that distribute those services and from parents who use those services vital nutrition programs that are part of the farm bill. >> are under threat. >> if the program is cut, tens of thousands of san franciscans people from marin county could be impacted when you have children with special health needs and disabilities. medicaid is your lifeline. it keeps your children connected. these proposed cuts are a death sentence or community over 50% of the babies born in california are born via medicaid. pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs. >> because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says even the president's call for the end of the presidio is a distraction. >> take a look after the perceived a look after the federal building outlook. after all that, that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects distract you from the fact. but what would they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues

providers that distribute those services and from parents who use those services vital nutrition programs that are part of the farmf the program is cut, tens of thousands of san francisco in people from marin county could be impacted when you have children with special health needs and disabilities. medicaid is your lifeline keeps your children connected. these proposed cuts are death sentence or community over 50% of the babies born in california are born via medicaid. pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs. >> because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says even the president's call for the end of the presidio is a distraction. >> take a look after the proceeding look after the federal building. a look after all that. that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects distract you from the fact when they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues that relate to everything we talked about here, m

providers that distribute those services and from parents who use those services vital nutrition programs that are part of the farmogram is cut, tens of thousands of san franciscans people from marin county could be impacted when you have children with special health needs and disabilities. medicaid is your lifeline that keeps your children connected. these proposed cuts are death sentence or community over 50% of the babies born in california are born via medicaid. pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs. >> because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says even the president's call for the end of the presidio is a distraction. >> take a look after the proceeding look after the federal building outlook. after all that, that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects distract you from the fact when they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues that relate to everything we talked about here, medi

providers that distribute those services and from parents who use those services vital nutrition programs that are part of the farm bill. >> under threat. >> if the program is cut, tens of thousands of san francisco in people from marin county could be impacted when you have children with special health needs and disabilities. medicaid is your lifeline. it keeps your children connected. these proposed cuts are death sentence or community over 50% of the babies born in california are born via medicaid. pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs. >> because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says even the president's call for the end of the presidio is a distraction. >> take a look after the proceeding look after the federal building. a look after all that. that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects distract you from the fact. but what would they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues that r

providers that distribute those services and from parents who use those services vital nutrition programs that are part of the farmbill. >> are under threat. >> if the program is cut, tens of thousands of san francisco in people from marin county could be impacted when you have children with special health needs and disabilities. medicaid is your lifeline keeps your children connected. these proposed cuts are death sentence or community over 50% of the babies born in california are born via medicaid. pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs. >> because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says even the president's call for the end of the presidio is a distraction. >> take a look after the proceeding look after the federal building. a look after all that. that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects distract you from the fact. but what would they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues that re

providers that distribute those services and from parents who use those services vital nutrition programs that are part of the farmogram is cut, tens of thousands of san franciscans people from marin county could be impacted when you have children with special health needs and disabilities. medicaid is your lifeline that keeps your children connected. these proposed cuts are death sentence or community over 50% of the babies born in california are born via medicaid. pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs. >> because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says even the president's call for the end of the presidio is a distraction. >> take a look after the perceived a look after the federal building. a look after all that. that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects distract you from the fact. but what would they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues that relate to everything we talked about

providers that distribute those services and from parents who use those services vital nutrition programs that are part of the farml. >> are under threat. >> if the program is cut, tens of thousands of san franciscans people from marin county could be impacted when you have children with special health needs and disabilities. medicaid is your lifeline keeps your children connected. these proposed cuts are death sentence or community over 50% of the babies born in california are born via medicaid. pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs. >> because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says even the president's call for the end of the presidio is a distraction. >> take a look after the proceeding look after the federal building. a look after all that. that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects distract you from the fact when they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues that relate to everyth

the farm bill isn't just for farmers and ranchers, it impacts all rural communities across america. it's vitally important we get a modernized farm bill that supports farmers and ranchers so that our rural communities can get supported as well. rep. mann: we have to keep in context. our ag producers, but it's the banks, the hardware store, the grocery store. we have to keep our rural communities going, the basic values that make america america are still alive and well. it's incumbent on this committee to strengthen the ag sector to make sure that rural america doesn't just survive, but that it grows and thrives. thank you for having this hearing. i yield back. chair thompson: the gentleman from virginia for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member, and witnesses for coming today. i would like to start by saying that i'm excited to join the house agriculture committee, not only because this committee has a long history of bipartisanship but because virginia's seventh district includes significant rural counties and contributes over 66,000 jobs and 9.7 billion to economic output i

americans possibly have ownership in it, just like the chinese have ownership in farm property in this country and in vital property near our military installations. i don't hear anybody raising cain about that. we ought to have the same opportunity there as the chinese have in this country, and that's plenty. and i believe if capitalism took over over there and maybe democracy, you would see a change. but what we're doing right now is not working. it hasn't worked since biblical times, and we know that. so maybe we could try something a little new and get a different a different answer. >> i hear what you're saying. would you be willing to commit u.s. taxpayer dollars to ownership of parts of gaza? >> we're in over 30 countries right now, and i dare say most most congressmen couldn't find them. find some of those countries on the globe. i don't want our military over there. i don't want boots on the ground that gets our people killed and gets into another conflict, which we don't need to be in and we can't afford. i think, again, if american entrepreneurs want to invest over there, i think it's a great op

standing up to the people's republic of china, in providing vital hiv medicine, and actually buying american foreign commodities and sending those farmhungry people overseas. there is broad awareness of the good that usaid is doing not only for the people in the countries in which we work but also for u.s. security in u.s. interests. however, now that has been overtaken by so many distortions and inventions about what usaid programming us. at the same time that the people doing the invention have taken on a website where we list all of our programs and our projects. so it's not even possible for people to fact-check against this misinformation that's been put out. >> stephen: why do you think this is the first agency that is being taken out behind the barn? >> samantha: i think we saw last week as well an effort to cut off all federal programs but there was an uproar. people called their congressmen and women, blue states, red states. these programs are really important in the lives of americans. the kids of those vaccination clinics, those girls who are in school because of usaid, they don't vote in our elections. they don't have th

farm. i thank them for their enduring commitment to one of our state's most vital industries. and that is agriculture. thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the presbyterian village in holidaysburg, pennsylvania, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. founded as a presbyterian home, doors were opened in 1925 to 22 women and quickly expanded over the following decades to include men, women and couples. having treated residents at this facility, i've seen the dedication of the entire staff who ensure accessibility to the services and the resources that are essential in our seniors' lives. always showing our fellow community members love and respect, i want to congratulate the presbyterian village for a century of commitment to the blair county community. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. himes, for five minutes. mr. himes: thank you, mr. speaker. it's evident to me that two weeks into the new administration, we no longer have a congress, that we no longer take care that law

farm equipment. new export restrictions on rare minerals vital for u.s.and defense. >> when you're dealing with the chinese. >> government. >> you really are looking to try to find a way that nobody really looks bad. >> with tariffs piling up and both sides digging in, all eyes are now on a crucial upcoming call between president trump and chinese leader xi jinping. that conversation could set the tone for whatever comes next. a last minute deal or a full blown trade war. >> trump has shown himself, frankly, to be. >> an unreliable partner. >> i'm not sure i'd want to invest in the united states right now if i were a foreign entity, given that these sorts of shenanigans can be on again, off again, according to the president's whim. >> china also announced it's going after google launching an antitrust investigation. google's search engine is not available in china, but it does have limited operations there. the move signals beijing's willingness to target major u.s. tech firms in its retaliation. one wild card in trump's china strategy elon musk, the tesl

thai farm workers were back home, though somewhat the thai government had no idea that these men thai workers are vitaland glad to return - we are really thankful. to their home towns in the north and on israel's farms and orchards. the deaths of 46 thais since the hamas earlier on bbc news a strapline was incorrectly worded. it referred to palestinian prisoners released it has now been corrected. is much more on the middle east and a website. calls "badly misjudged comments" after his whatsapp and councillors were leaked to the mail on sunday. the conservatives have described the messages he was sharing messages in a whatsapp group with other in reaction to one elderly constituent raising concerns vote, screw you." "ps, hopefully you'll have croaked it by the all—outs." that's when all the seats on a council voted for. not only has he been sacked as a minister, of working people." that he is determined to uphold the highest standards of public office, and he's acted decisively to dismiss andrew gwynne for that reason. about the deputy prime minister, angela rayner. he's since apologised, saying, "i de

it's vitally important that we fill our reservoirs in the rainy season. so water is available for farmsveryone in california knows that, and no one in the oval office today knew that. another water expert told the l.a. times, this is going to hurt farmers. this takes water out of their summer irrigation portfolio. 40,000 people in los angeles who have been burned out of their homes, thousands more having to spend tens of thousands of dollars to have toxic ash removed from their surviving homes and property. people still mourning the dead, the people who lost their lives in the los angeles fires, and donald trump decides to insult them all by wasting water in northern california and telling reporters and his followers today what a hero he is for stupidly wasting that water. joining us now is democratic senator adam schiff of california. he's a member of the senate judiciary committee, as well as the and the committee on environment and public works and the agriculture committee. and senator schiff, let me just begin with the california water point, because you are an expert on exactly wh

vitally important. keep that tool as we go forward is going to be incredibly important. at the end of the year were not able to put a farml in place some members talk about the importance of getting that done and i agree with that. $33 billion in emergency assistance which came from the acc. funding from the ccc. date and day out between farm bills all these things happened we need that tool to have the flexibility to respond to farmers and ranchers. to work with the administration choose an effective way. so first your thoughts as we get work to get this 33 billion out in emergency assistance do you have any specific recommendations as to how that can be done most effectively? >> the first thing would be to talk with the people who need it. rather than make the decisions up here the central planning idea. quick ethics editor bojan bobo and should make decisions by himself? >> i don't think that's what i meant. as the center would do is to be to talk to people out there. there's a great need. he's to be expedited because it's quicker and they do it quickly. it's katy it's a far both updated reference prices. an enhanced