“We know the angst in farm country right now. Between low prices, droughts, flooding, hurricanes and the retaliatory tariffs of our trading partners – there is hurt in the heartland..."

“Each of us is still at the negotiating table, and we remain committed to working together on a Farm Bill. Our conversations are productive, and progress toward an agreement is taking shape. We are going to get this right.”

We have one goal: to get this farm bill done. Farmers are counting on it.

 “We are pleased to announce a meeting of the full Farm Bill Conference Committee,” Senate and House Agriculture Committee leaders said. “We are committed to working together on a Farm Bill that delivers certainty and predictability to our farmers and families as quickly as possible.”

 Individual dairies have diverse risk management needs, and I’m glad to see this new and innovative revenue insurance product announced.

 "We look forward to working together to get a Farm Bill finished as quickly as possible."

"It’s in our collective interest to see these markets function as intended, and that end-users and consumers are protected against the bad actors we all know are out there."

 In conjunction with this afternoon’s motion to proceed to conference on H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi named the following 10 Democrats from the Agriculture Committee and representatives from other pertinent committees who will join their Republican colleagues and comprise the House conferees for the farm bill.

 "...As it stands right now, I’m skeptical. It’s our job to be the adults in the room, and to ensure that in these early days, there is enough oversight of this new frontier to ensure that it can grow responsibly."

“The mood in farm country is bad. It’s bad because of the Administration’s trade war; it’s bad because of declines in farm income; and it’s bad because of volatile weather like the floods in the southern part of my district. Farmers and ranchers are staring a historically bad year in the face, and another hit would mean devastation for many of them. And that’s exactly what an animal disease outbreak would cause."