During Wednesday’s Senate Agriculture Committee hearing, Chairman John Boozman said lawmakers are discussing support beyond the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program and specialty crop assistance. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins emphasized trade as a long-term solution. “We’ve cut the agricultural trade deficit in half in one year,” said Rollins. “Corn exports are going to be record-breaking. We expect a 35 percent increase in volume in corn exports. Dairy exports are going to be up almost ten percent. Wheat exports are up eight percent. Soybean oil up 129 percent. This is what farmers want. They don’t want to farm for a check from the government. They want a farm to be able to sell their market, their goods on an open market that’s fair.”
