U.S. farming is more than 'go big or go out,' says ag 長官
By Leah Douglas
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The Biden 行政 is committed to shoring up small and midsize farm 操作／手術s, U.S. 農業 長官 Tom Vilsack said on Monday, laying out a 見通し for a more 競争の激しい 農業 economy as 議会 begins 審議 over the nation's largest farm spending 法案.
The farm 部門 has become ますます 強固にする／合併する／制圧するd over the past several １０年間s. Since 1987, the 百分率 of cropland managed by large farms, those with 2,000 or more acres, has risen to 41% from 15%, によれば Department of 農業 data. Farm families with smaller 操作／手術s often rely on off-farm 職業s to make ends 会合，会う.
"We believe there's a better 代案／選択肢 than go big or go out," Vilsack said, speaking to members of the 国家の 維持できる 農業 連合, an advocacy group.
The USDA is 基金ing programs that support new markets for 商品／必需品s grown with 気候-friendly practices, 拡大する small- and medium-規模 meat 過程ing capacity, and 増加する 国内の fertilizer 生産／産物, all in hopes of encouraging more 競争, 濃厚にするing 田舎の communities and making farming more environmentally friendly, Vilsack said.
The 機関 will also introduce a new 認める program later this year to 拡大する 過程ing capacity for 非，不，無-livestock 商品／必需品s, he said.
農業者s should be educating 国会議員s about the importance of these programs as discussion of the next farm 法案 begins in earnest on （ワシントンの）連邦議会議事堂 Hill, Vilsack said.
The 現在の farm 法案, which is passed every five years and 基金s major 栄養, 補助金, and 自然保護 programs, 満了する／死ぬs on Sept. 30.
With the 衆議院 under 共和国の／共和党の 支配（する）／統制する, 交渉 of th e 法案 could become a 実験（する） of the Biden 行政's かかわり合いs to ending American hunger and cutting farming's 温室 gas 放出／発行s.
House 共和国の／共和党のs, 含むing 農業 委員会 議長，司会を務める G.T. Thompson of Pennsylvania, have said the 法案 should not 焦点（を合わせる） on 気候 政策 or 拡大する spending.
"There's historic money 投資するd in this that some people want to take away," Vilsack said. "You can't let them." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Leah Douglas in Washington Editing by Matthew 吊りくさび)
