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I don't think the face of the Democratic Party is Nancy Pelosi.

In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.

What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.

President Obama's fight for rural America is personal. He was raised by a single mom and grandparents from Kansas. He hails from a farming state, Illinois.

I would say that, from an agricultural perspective, I have a little bit of concern, because some of the folks I don't know are particularly supportive of the renewable fuel industry and the renewable fuel standard, which is a big part of certainly Midwestern agriculture. I'm hopeful that, when we see his ultimate selection for ag secretary, that we will see someone who is a strong advocate for renewable fuels, and what that means to Midwestern producers. And, for that matter, now, all over the country, we're seeing more and more of the biofuels being produced from a variety of sources.

I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture.