Billy Carter Quotes

We don't pay truckers not to truck, we don't pay miners not to mine and we shouldn't pay farmers not to farm.

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.

The agricultural interest of the country is connected with every other, and superior in importance to them all.

The most serious domestic matter facing the United States today is the decline in agricultural income

As a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee it has been important to me to intersect with Hoosier farmers as often as possible.

The Agriculture Committee was one of my top committee choices because it will give me the platform to be an even stronger leader for our hard-working farmers in South Jersey.

I will always be a relentless advocate for our farmers, producers, and our way of life.

Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers.

As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.

Now listen, the one thing about agriculture is we've lost our manufacturing, we've lost a great deal of jobs overseas, lots of our industry. The last thing in the world we need to do is lose the ability to produce our food.

I pledge that I will be the best Secretary of Agriculture that this country has ever had.

The slogan that agriculture is the backbone of the nation still remains in theory and not in practice.

There are more agriculture bureaucrats than there are farmers in this country.

Keeping our agricultural sector strong and secure should be a bipartisan concern.

If you fill your Agriculture Committee with representatives of commodity farmers, and you don't have urbanites, you don't represent eaters, okay? You don't have people from New York City on these committees, you are going to end up with the kind of farm bills we have: a piece of special interest legislation.

It was in the best interests of Zavala and other counties that we move forward with a farm bill and provide certainty to ranchers, farmers, food banks, and other providers.

It's critically important for Europe to have a different way to think about the role of agriculture in society and the economy here.

As I've long said, the farm bill is in need of major reform. At first chance, I voted to remove direct payments. Both the House and the Senate passed bills that end direct payments, and as we move forward, I hope we can work out the rest of the issues to implement the necessary reforms.

On the Agriculture Committee, I will be an ardent and strong champion for our farmers to ensure that they are treated fairly, particularly in regards to how their products are priced.

We need a strong farm bill that gives assistance to farmers during times of drought, creates markets for local goods, protects our environment, and helps struggling families bridge the gap between hard times and a full dinner table.

This is an exciting time for farmers and ranchers of all types and sizes as agriculture is a bright spot in the American economy. In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.

The American government policy on what we supported and subsidised in agriculture was a social experiment on a whole generation of children.

On this National Agriculture Day, when we all should be taking time to thank and pay tribute to America's farmers, ranchers and their families who produce the food for our tables, we are finding those same people in dire need of our help and support.

If we make it national policy that we will support small farmers the way we support agribusiness, we'll suddenly see it change in terms of the cost of organic food.

We all flourish or decline with the farmer.