I was surprised that in the your testimony and Mr. Prosper's, I did not hear the word “farmers” once. Throughout your testimony I was listening very carefully for the word “farmers”.
Farmers control 150 million acres of the southern working landscape in this country. As we all know, in terms of ecological values and threatened and endangered habitat, it's the farmers who control these lands.
Why were farmers and rural communities omitted from both your testimonies?