Name: U.S. agriculture secretary discusses challenges facing NC farmers
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Description: The nearly 1 in 5 North Carolinians working in North Carolina's largest industry have been hit hard by the pandemic. Now, they're worried about the impact some costly ideas and initiatives could have on their financial stability moving forward.

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The nearly 1 in 5 North Carolinians working in North Carolina's largest industry have been hit hard by the pandemic. Now, they're worried about the impact some costly ideas and initiatives could have on their financial stability moving forward.


for terry. Mr. Secretary Secretary Vilsack. Hello. Good morning sir. We appreciate you taking the time to do this. Happy to do it. You don't remember me but I have interviewed you several times before previous administration and in Iowa covering a lot of candidates there. Oh my gosh. Well it's good. Good to reconnect. Were you ever one of those candidates yourself? Refresh my memory For a brief period of time. I was 2007. You miss you miss being governor? Uh no, because this job is pretty much like being governor of 50 states. All right, well we're about to get started. So again, we really appreciate your time. You bet. U. S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today. North Carolina. Such a high tech state yet agriculture is the largest industry, $92.7 billion 20 of North Carolinians working on ag or agribusiness. We know this administration has an ambitious plan for environmental issues we've heard from farmers and those in the industry here in north Carolina specifically, who are concerned they may be left out of some of these initiatives that could impact their bottom line directly speak to those farmers. Well, the Department of Agriculture under the biden Harris administration is committed to more new and better markets. We're going to expand export markets, We're going to create new local and regional food systems to create additional market opportunities. We're going to open up markets and provide greater transparency so farmers get a better shake in the market and provide more competition for them as well. And we're also going to look for new ways for them to benefit from climate practices, the opportunity to pay farmers for climate smart agricultural practices, sequestering of carbon. So there will be multiple opportunities here in this administration and I think this is an administration that recognizes how difficult it is for the farming community and looking for ways in which we can provide assistance. The american jobs plan contains significant investment in climate smart agriculture as well as bio based manufacturing, which speaks to the new opportunities to be created by this administration. Anytime we transition into a major program, there have to be bumps in the road and sometimes particularly in a case like this, small farmers, I can't handle the absorption of what would be required to them. Maybe the way corporate farmers could. Can you assure those small farmers in particular that they will not suffer and can continue to be profitable? Well, the whole point of this is to create new opportunities for those mid size and small operators to the extent that they can benefit from payments for sequestering carbon or to the extent that we create more local and regional food systems. That creates a market opportunity where they can dictate the price for whatever it is they're growing raising. So this is really about supporting all farmers of all sizes. We want to support diversity in agriculture, both in terms of size, in terms of operators and in terms of products that they're producing. And frankly, this is an administration that understands the challenges that those farm families are under. Which is why the american families plan, which the president has proposed is so important to those farm families, an opportunity to extend educational opportunities, both in terms of preschool opportunities for pre K availability for young Children and also a tuition free two years of community college for older students and opportunity as well to expand and reduce health care costs for those farm families tax credits for these families to reduce their their income tax By virtue of the fact there's a child tax credit and the child and dependent care tax credit as part of this plan. So a multitude of ways in which the farm families are going to be helped and assisted. Mr Secretary so far in the 115 days of this administration has been exceedingly ambitious. The american families plan is another major ambitious plan. You understand also about the give and take of governing. Do you believe this pan plan rather will be passed in its current form? Well, with both the jobs plan and the families plan, there's terrific public support and I think it's incumbent upon members of Congress to understand that democrats, republicans and independents, uh, certainly like the jobs plan and the american families plan. They understand the importance of it. Uh, you know, I think that the reality and the opportunity to extend nutrition assistance is an important element of that American families plan. We're excited about the chance to permanently create a summer feeding program for nearly 30 million Children who live in families where they may be having some financial difficulties and challenges. This will create the opportunity for those families to receive assistance and help during the summer months to be able to feed their Children appropriately and adequately. That means those kids will be better prepared to learn when they start school back up in the fall. That's all good news for all of us. And so, looking for multitude of ways to provide help and assistance, whether it's increasing economic opportunity or whether it's providing a little bit of assistance to make, make things just a little bit easier for those middle class and working class families. Tom Vilsack, the secretary of the Department of Agriculture. We appreciate your time and insight. Come visit us. We'd like to take you down to some of the farmers in eastern north Carolina, as well as those who farm the see there's so much to learn in this state. Again, you're welcome anytime, looking forward to that and looking forward to the barbecue when I do. Very good. Mr. Secretary. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, David. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah.

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U.S. agriculture secretary discusses challenges facing NC farmers 

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