Rollins Pledges to Prioritize Farmers in Agriculture Secretary Confirmation Hearing

Brooke Rollins, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of agriculture, told committee members at her confirmation hearing on Jan. 23 that she will prioritize helping family farms and the agricultural community as a whole if she takes office. “I fully recognize that if I am confirmed, I am stepping into the role during one of the most economically challenging times in American agriculture history,” Rollins said. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data show that there are 550,000 fewer farms in the U.S. today than there were in 1980, and more than 150 million acres are no longer generating commercial crops....