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Senate Ag Committee leaders react to Trump Budget

The Ranking member of the Senate Ag Committee says now is not the time to cut funding for agriculture programs.

Debbie Stabenow of Michigan says she’s concerned by many of the reductions in the Trump administration’s 2018 budget proposal including a 21 percent cut in USDA funding.  “I know that we’re at a point where farmers are having a tough time with prices going down and this would be devastating to Michigan farmers if at 21 percent cut is in fact implemented.”

Stabenow says she plans to oppose cuts to the USDA and the elimination of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and instead, continue to work in a bipartisan way to strengthen support for agriculture and rural communities.

Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas weighed in on the budget proposal in a statement to Brownfield but did not address the cuts to ag funding.

AUDIO: Senator Stabenow Press Call