#agriculture

On this National Agriculture Day, when we all should be taking time to thank and pay tribute to America's farmers, ranchers and their families who produce the food for our tables, we are finding those same people in dire need of our help and support. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#america #day #dire #dire need #families

Our farmers and ranchers have never faced as many problems as they do today with drought, range fires, high gas prices and an ever tightening budget on agriculture subsidies. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#budget #drought #ever #faced #farmers

Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement. ↗

— Pat Roberts

#am #colleagues #difficult #disaster #fan

On the professional side, those 18 years on the farm instilled my love for agriculture. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#farm #instilled #love #professional #side

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#call #gives #her #nation #only

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#big #civilized #discovery #first #life

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#being #beneficent #entered #freed #introduction

I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy. ↗

— John Salazar

#always #backbone #bring #countries #dependence

Both the human immune system and the plant immune system are fundamentally interdependent on the quality and fertility of the soil. Our immune system, and even our physical structure, are a reflection of the foods we have eaten from either toxic and nutrient depleted soils, or wonderfully fertile soils. ↗

— Eryn Paige

#nutrition #sea-agriculture #sea-salt-fertilization #soil #wellness

Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#different #farmers #internet #irrigation #looks