D.C. Policy

The Department of Agriculture officially has a new leader, and she is the second female Agriculture Secretary in history. Let’s find out what Brooke Rollins did on day one at the USDA.
“If this workforce gets even tighter and tighter, you know, it’s going to drive some folks out of production.”
“It really hamstrings our availability of financing to get loans when everything is costing 30-60% more.”
“It doesn’t matter what we do in Canada or the United States, it’s not going to help the monarch population.”
“Producers want those options for identification and traceability purposes that they were promised back in 2013, and that’s what made it controversial.”
“We just want to make sure a Farm Bill doesn’t fall off the radar screen.”
“They’ve agreed to certain things, but I’m not happy with it.”