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Vilsack: Nothing in Build Back Better Bill Threatens Farmers

Dan Legislative, USDA

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While some in agriculture question the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better Bill, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he respectfully disagrees with those who say that it will cause the loss of family farms.

Vilsack: Nothing in Build Back Better Bill Threatens Farmers

AFBF President Zippy Duval told farm reporters last week that the bill’s costs outweighed increases for farm programs.

But Vilsack said the bill actually has provisions that benefit virtually every family farmer in the country.