On that, in its attempt to help small farmers, I think government policy unfortunately has actually harmed them. I know I sound like a broken record, but the regulatory things that government keeps putting in place harm small farmers much more than they do the larger farmers. We therefore just keep becoming larger in order to become efficient and to cover those costs. By doing all these things to protect whomever or to increase the bureaucracy, you actually have created policies that kill the small family farm.
On April 17th, 2007. See this statement in context.