Farmer Support Quotes

This session of Congress is also to relieve the farmer again, relieve him of any encouragement that he might have received during the last one.

American farmers and ranchers deserve a USDA that will pursue supportive policies rather than seek their further harm.

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

I am happy to announce that to provide remunerative price to millets-growing farmers and to improve the nutritional security, state government will procure millets and utilize them in government schemes.

Country of Origin labelling is something that consumers really want, and I think it's critical to support Australian farmers.

Parity is for farmers.

When I help a farmer, I don't differentiate between them based on their region, as farmers have no borders. I want to live like a world citizen and react like a human being.

When I was agriculture minister, we drafted specific policies to tackle the agrarian crisis.

I have had the good fortune to see how my articles have directly benefited some farmers and helped build markets for their products in a way that preserves land from development. That makes me a hopeless optimist.

I always assumed the Department of Agriculture was the farmer and rancher's friend.

Farmers will not see good days unless their produce gets a guaranteed price. Even a notebook, a pen, or a soap has a price printed on it, but the milk that farmers sell do not have any price.

We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week.

The biggest thing right now, is supporting the people who take care of the environment. We must take care of the people who take care of the land. And so, if 20% of the population is in school, and they are asked to buy this food from farms. I mean at the real cost without a middleman, it could be amazing. It could change farming overnight.

When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help.

We have to make their livelihoods viable, get them the proper prices for their produce, try and make them stay rather than sell their property and leave again.

I dream of a Digital India where farmers are empowered with real-time information to be connected with Global Markets.

The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is a very effective way to raise awareness and consumption of two vital food groups that are sometimes ignored, especially by children. The program results in more children consuming more fruits and vegetables, helping their health and Idaho's farmers.

The move towards a unified agricultural market helps farmers get correct remuneration for their produce.

I can support co-ops if they want to do it as we've known co-ops in America for 150 years - where they serve the purposes of the consuming public, whether it's health care or whether it's co-ops as we know them in the Midwest, providing electricity or to sell supplies to farmer.

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.

Whoever supports the farmer is the guy for America.