House Ag Subcommittee Hearing on Rural Development

Today, the House Ag Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit held a hearing entitled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Rural Development.”  The sole witness was USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small. Key takeaways from the hearing prepared by Delta Strategy Group below.

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