The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit.

In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.

I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.

The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me.

Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.

When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.

Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that’s a real success story for us.