Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she called out U-S Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack over the happy picture his department is portraying when it comes to the current state of the farm economy. Vilsack was testifying before a Senate Ag Committee hearing on the state of the farm economy.
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The Republican from Red Oak says the things she sees in the state doesn’t square with what the former Democrat Iowa governor is saying about the farm situation.
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Ernst says her concern is the U-S-D-A regulations and programs aren’t helping smaller farmers.