Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 6/19/17

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue explains why USDA has been given the lead in the Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity: “The president understands that the employment numbers haven’t come back up to pre-2008 in rural areas.  And we’ve got technology issues, we’ve got infrastructure issues..."

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