farmers. i represent over 1200 family farms so it is important to me that president biden administration continues to work to reduce costs for farmers. the president decision to tap into the trust will allow us to provide homegrown commodities like those produced here to the world's hungry and help bolster our firms along the way. thank you again to the o'connor family for having us. with that, i would like to introduce secretary vilsack. thank you. >> thank you very much. to the o'connor family, thank you very much for the opportunity to see a tremendous operation. food and agriculture is a big business. it employs 29 million americans across this country. it is 7% of our gross domestic product. it is the vehicle by which we become a food secure nation. it is why the president directed me during the course of the early days of the administration to focus on exports. open up -- opening up those ports. it is why he understood to bring the cost of gas found you also have to expand the supply, wh

[laughter] i know this is because jeff is a farmer. when you say jeff is a farmer, it tells you not just who he is but what he is. it is my pleasure to introduce and use simple introduction, jeff o'connor, an american farmer got back. >> thank you. he would think with credentials that go back 20 minutes, i be allowed to make an introductory mark the didn't have to be scripted but they didn't want me to do that so i'm going to read mine. thank you everyone for being here. i cannot express enough how grateful i am we took time out of your schedule to do this. i am pleased to welcome all of you to our firm. we have the honor of showing president biden around our farm cans talking with them of the critical american farmer keeping grocery stores stopped but also feeding the entire world. a spotlight on the global food challenges created by conflict and eagerness to work hand-in-hand with farmers to make high-quality affordable and accessible for people everywhere. about two ten years ago we had the t opportunity to travel dominican republic

thousands of farmers have already volunteered how about you? it isn't easy for men bound by habit and tradition to change their whole way of thinking john warden knew. farmers of the isolated back valleys you'd talk to hundreds of groups like this. and he knew they needed time. in signing with the tva henry clock became what was called a test demonstration farmer. his farm and thousands of others were to serve as laboratories where the new methods could be tested and observed by all. using a terracer made available by the tva john warden showed henry the principles of contour farming. this was radical departure from the old method of square farm contour henry learned to follow the curve of the land but could the water run curves held it on the land. then what life into the exhausted soil henry used a new phosphate fertilizer developed by the chemists from all found in the region? the first season henry's chief crop was clover. this was to provide the soil with nitrogen and revitalize the land but it wasn't a cash crop henry had been worn still

it is my he understood farmers need a fair price and consumers need a fair price. we are focused on strengthening the package and investing in processing capacity. it is also the reason why he is concerned about the stressors families across the country have . it is why he instructed me to find ways to increase nutritional assistance for families across the country. my main job here is to introduce jeff. i have known jeff for 20 minutes. here is what i know about him. he is incredibly committed to the land. he understands his responsibilities as a steward of that land. he is appreciative of the importance of investing in soil quality. he believes gina is a partner in this operation. it is an entire family apparition. he is committed to making sure the next generation have that opportunity that he now enjoys. that is what i know about jeff. he is committed to his family, he is committed to his community and to his country. he is proud of what farmers do in this country up feeding a secure -- food secure nation but also provided food all over the world. the recent i

but the real reason i'm here is to thank the american farmers, thank farmers. you feed america. you got us through a pandemic and you're literally the back bone of our country. it's not hyperbole. but you also feed the world. and we're seeing with putin's war in ukraine, you're like the backbone of freedom. i was at a factory not long ago, eight days ago down in alabama and they make javelin missiles to help the ukrainians stave off the russians, beat them back in their aggression. and i pointed out that the true point that america's a democracy, that's what they are. we are the arsenal of democracy. i stand here today to thank american farmers who are the bread basket of democracy. you really are. we talk about every investment banker can leave their job. if every farmer left, we'd all starve to death. think about it, right now america is fighting on two front. at home it's inflation and rising prices. abroad it's helping ukrainians defend their democracy and feeding those who are left hungry around the world because russian atrocities exist and jeff and the american farmers un

make some farmers are experimenting with new seats. these varieties are especially fruitful and a product of cartel funded cultivation and it doesn't stop there. the cartels are also funding labs and warehouses to coordinate shipments and even investing in docs with access to pacific ocean. no, no thought douglas, doug trafficking has increased because the government has given no effect on it and it's not just no, it has been happening for years. trafficking has deep roots here because the government has been permissive. really thought the state has been permissive with poor families, media over the act of a say, gangs, and cartels are profiting off of the poverty, fewer opportunities and lack of state presence. for the farmers, it's a source of much needed income and they have very little choice, but to accept elizabeth dickinson as a senior analyst for the international crisis group. she joins me now from bonita. elizabeth, to help us understand this a little bit better. why are mexican cartels choosing this moment right now to reall

and farmers can put such technology to good use too as we see in india. >> like millions of other farmers in india, ravi patidar wonders every summer: when will the monsoon come and how much rain will it bring? >> i'm totally dependent on the monsoon. without it we can't do anything on our farm. we can't start sowing seeds until the monsoon begins. >> climate change has made monsoons unpredictable. without the southwest monsoon rains, there will be no harvest for more than 100 million farmers in the country. ravi patidar lives in janakpur a village in the state of madhya pradesh. for him, the harvests aren't just crucial for his own livelihood. the 38-year-old and his wife sangeeta sent their son to a boarding school and it isn't cheap. they want him to have more opportunities than they had. the farmer also takes care of his elderly parents. unpredictable monsoons would jeopardize the harvests. ravi patidar needs to know when it will rain at least 30 days in advance. that way, he can plow early enough so the seeds are already in the soil when it starts raining. the country's weather repor

he's blamed supply chains, he blames greedy farmers greedy oil farmers, creamy producers. he's running out of people to blame. the only thing he has a blame so far has been their favor republican that's abraham lincoln. what's next on his he's gonna blame the inflation on racism. they're running out of scapegoats the problem is as a pointed out there's no course correction. they want to spend more and they want to raise taxes on and they want to regulate more. they should be cutting regulations and cutting spending cutting taxes and the economy will turn around but their clueless there line for the stupid. >> hannity: there's none to be an area of big government is over or the end of the new deal is over or adherence to the climate alarmist religious is over sadly. thank you so much and larry think he will be come back piers morgan actually interviewed and took on taliban spokesperson in a very contentious interview with got table showing the highlights we get to reactions and much more as we continue straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ruby's a1c is down with rybelsus®. my a1c wasn'

our farmers are big part of that. they are seeing it in the price that they pay not only for fuel for the tractor and other equipment they have to run every year to plant the crop and harvest a crop, but also obviously in fertilizer and other inputs. so it's important we do everything we can in terms of the department of agriculture as well is in the energy patch to address these issues. and a note are working hard on it. we need to continue to do that. and, of course, when making significant investments here in this ag appropriations committee to make sure that you're able to do that on behalf of our farmers. just in recent years in fiscal 22 usda programs actually stayed an increase of 6.2% over fy '21 levels. and that included funding increase of 6.5% for research which has been amazing in terms of what it's done for our farmers and ranchers and their ability to raise crops and animals across this nation. i've seen it in my own state. i know you've seen it in yours. it is truly, truly remarkable. also the resources

the real reason i'm here is to thank american farmers, thank farmers. you feed america, you got us through a pandemic, and you're literally the backbone of our country. it's not hyperbole. put you also feed the world. and we're seeing with putin's war in ukraine, you're like the backbone of freedom. i was at a factory not long ago, eight days ago, down in alabama, and they made javelin missiles to help the ukrainians stave off the russians, beat them back in their aggression. and i pointed out that the proof point that america is the arsenal of democracy, that's what they are. we always have been, we've been the arsenal of democracy. i stand here today to thank american farmers, who are the bread basket of democracy. you really are. we talk about, you know, every investment banker can leave their job, if every farmer left we would all starve to death. all of these jobs are important, but just think about it, right now america's fighting on two front. at home it's inflation and rising prices. abroad it's helping ukrainians defend their democracy and feed

it's the only way to encourage the farmers to keep going fail. oh, but i would after all this is organic food that and it's more expensive to produce than with conventional farming you. my ear has a blues ear. more money is one thing. another is the need to protect the ecosystem on which the farms rely. farmers, engineers and scientists meet to discuss how tenicia water supply can be managed, more sustainably. ali garcey takes the opportunity to present the virtues of the romilly system, who is he's hoping international organizations like the worldwide fun for nature can help protect the regions unique ecosystem. if a limb walk on panel, good to people really need to understand that all unregulated development is harmful to the surrounding ecosystem. this area benefits from lots of water inlets, both from the sea and land, that increasingly these are being compromised to mainly due to changes in the way the land is used. people are building on land that is not suitable for building. it's a huge challenge. and we are working with all those involve

farmers provide the lowest cost and highest quality food supply thee world. and right now of course we are struggling with inflation and we see it obviously for farmers and ranchers we see it for consumers across-the-board we see it in the prices people pay at the grocery store and we see it at the pumps and today the gas in record price average across the country, about $4.40 a gallon in that range, and so we have to find ways to produce more energy in this country find ways to address the supply chain issues and the other challenges that are creating inflation and a farmers are big part of that in there seeing it in the price they pay not only for fuel for the tractors, and other equipment that they have to run every year to plan crop and harvest a crop but also obviously in the fertilizer and is veryputs and so important we do everything we can i in terms of the department of agriculture as well as in the energy to address these issues and i know that you're working hard on it we need to continue to do that and of course making significant investments m he

farmers nor the new payn hispanic farmers? are your discrimination against asian farmers and pay them less you pay african farmers for the same product. how did you determine which race to discriminate against? >> we've chosen to begin our program with black farmers who were significantly underrepresented. i believe we will stand up our program to include other ethnic groups. >> did you intend to include women in that? >> yes. women of all races? >> yes. >> you include white women in it? >> yes. what about white men? >> i don't think white men are underrepresented in the farming industry today. >> you are going to pay by definition you're engaging in racism and discrimination you are going to pay you are going to lesson you pay everybody else? >> i believe we are engaging in support of it under representative of our farm community at less than 1% roughly half a% of the farming community in the united states are black americans. >> if you are doing something for beginning, young small ridges not discriminate against race you'd

another problem has farmers worried they have run out of supplies. i came by this well here in venezuela, we currently need around 150002180000 tons of fertilizer. and what has arrived with the inventories we have is around 100000 tons by our long rough im, me pulling up the problem. most of the fertilizer comes from russia, ukraine, and belarus. if it can't be replaced by product from other countries, the harvest will be weak. one hector of corn crops can produce 10 tons, but that figure can fall to as low as 3 or 4 tons if the conditions are not right. yeah, mama, la quinta, we're going to work with a shirt laser we half, but we know that it's not enough. in some parts, we're going to use under doses, which is serious because it affects not only the yield, but also the profitability of the farmers. for now, farmers keep sewing, hoping for ideal weather to make up for the lack of fertilizer and for the war to end and supply chains to recover. now some of the other global business stories making the news, russia shutting off its gas deliveries to fin

the young to farmer emmanuel korea. as a result of the lion attack guru rob, last half of his heard a sizable financial loss for the farmer. the government compensates farmers after such incidents. but at a rate around half of market value went toward the wild animals from the desert. the lions, the elephants causes a lot of problems. we'll get graded, our quick one t, it's getting well, we don't gain anything from having wild animals here and they bring us nothing, no more hoard more? ah, he went to a hole in our livestock, are our income, how we earn our living? behold, robert, i hope near his stall. gary rob has discovered fresh hyena tracks, imo brown. hyenas don't hunt goats, but the tracks could have been made by spotted hyenas through a more aggressive species globally. liquid connor gardner. a. if the government doesn't take care of the hyenas, again, we have no choice or google play the dumb, cuz i mean, we have to shoot them. that's the plan on the mazda ah, when he was a cattle, her phineas casa owner, also k

. >> are you including hispanic farmers, american farmers or just starting farmers in this case. are you including other commodities. you have a laundry list of commodities that you produce or that you process you mentioned in your testimony. are all those going to be paid premiums as well and are all minority farmers to be included . also including women farmers? >> depends on the country. if you're talking about the united states we will consider other focuses like the black farmer equity initiates . it's something we're proud of and i would add that is something that our customers has asked for and that their consumers are asking for . in terms of more diversity in their supply chain and it's such an underrepresented minority such as black americans being involved in farming we feel this is the rightthing to do . >> where forex example hispanic farmers. has there been any desire for companies like target to improve outcomes for other minority farmers west and mark. >> over half of the world farmers, if you're referring to the united states we certainly will consider. >> what d

. >> hispanic farmers or women farmers to improve outcomes. >> half of the world's farmers if you are referring to the united states.li >> what does this extend to? so what isrm the ratio for our women to men are hispanic or non-hispanic or asian american are we really going after diversity and equity are one specific demographic or is this everybody? >> it is less than one -year-old and is part of the dea focus so with gender-based groups i don't have the statistics. >> i have another concerned that you are not making any discounts for quality that is almost an incentive to produce lower quality and then you say you plan to scale the program can you elaborate how you will not pay a discount for lower quality to pay a premium do you not think that will have an impact on the market cracks. >> the integrity of the farmers will show they will not only produce i have confidence from the farmers we are dealing with the quality will not suffer. >> i have used my five minutes. >> and the vice chair of the committee in agriculture is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you chairman scott an

so, ah, the farmers are now feeling more connected to. they realize they can only protect their fields together. and how about you? if you are also doing your bid, tell us about it. visit our website, or send us or tweet pastor doing your bit. we share your stories with her to a spanish island of the coast of morocco in 22 and one on extender. volcanic eruption on the camera, island of la palmer left entire villages buried beneath rivers of lava, destroying countless buildings from land and vineyards. in the process by locos i determined to find a way to live with the volcanoes legacy. i rebuild the accumulators, cleaning up efforts at the foot of the country, the ha in last montes are in full swing. tons of ashes need to be removed, shadow gone valleys and there are, there is a busy tube. it's a special clean up mission. but despite the hard work, she is relieved. her a village. this is still there. boy, fairly similar, we were over the moon is not, we didn't think we come back. the iraq was so close just over there that are in thought f

you know, as african american farmers and national black farmers association members are waiting in for five billion dollarswa and federal aid that e didn't get from last, it's it's always the weight gain. but the examplehat that i was making that we were able to swiftly provide ukraine sin with 50% billion and i'm not against helping that region of the country and the cost of the war and the effects of the war on all of those things. but we have to take care of a those at home. let met ask days. i agree with you and america's farmers. i'm in america y first guy so yu don't have to convince me. can ie. ask you what do you farm how many acres do you farm? tell me a little bit about what you do every day. well, i've been farming for thirty nine years and raise corn, wheat, soybeans, one hundred head of beef cattle and i would like to say that i've earned tove administration to move swiftly to provide aid to america's farmers. and what i said at the top of the showd we had a crisis and when we had a crisis in america, america always finds a way to rise up over all of the obstacles. that's

the bonds with farmers depend on an intake climate. we need this relative balance of nature which keeps the land fertile packet. and if we lose that venue, then we lose the most important thing we have to have. he says climate change has led to droughts in excess rainfall causing damage to his farm and neighboring forest. and he sees folks wagging as partly to blame for that. for various that's foggy w is the world's 2nd largest. so to ma, well maker and through all of its product is responsible for c, o, 2 emissions roughly on a par with australia or not. and that is why it is quite clear. major industries also have a responsibility and cannot shirking congressman, he things policy makers are not regulating the industry enough through the law suit out of comma ones to make the w take more to size of climate action and stop building cars with combustion engines from 2030 at the latest, he is determined and not alone. the farmer is one of several plaintiffs being supported by greenpeace, and a well known environmental lawyer. folks lagg

some vertical farmers leave in their blanket district on compilers. outskirts angela, cosima has gone hobbs and vegetables behind her home for 2 years. you must scenario you. i girls, hillary because it is really good when i use it as a salad. it is also good for your held it in that anger your will em way you into a day. she doesn't need to worry about buying for to laser, as she simply makes, compos from her neighbors vegetable scraps and she can sell her suppliers or for now we'll st. is the new media and some income to buy small items like soap. i can even serve a bit of money. you know, i sell to my neighbors and i don't have to look for customers. they were soccer, we were, customers are sort of up with us, you know, never customer. but they would, a products are expensive, a 5 tre system caused the equivalent of a 100 years, which is an affordable for many families. that's why poor motto has sought sponsors mostly international organizations who subsidized the cause for poor residency. the young enter pin you are, has worn several awards for his vanity called france, and he tex

"farmer, why farmer?" and he goes: "organic farmer!" - just like my dad! wasn't it true that almost all the balinese were farmers at one point? - absolutely. - it is in your dna. - yeah. because it used to be. when you want a house, you just ask and the community builds you a house. and you do the same. the same like when you want to plant, everybody, all thent to farmers come and help us to plant. and we do the same. when they need to plant, we go there and help them plant. just like that. - it's a culture of kindness. (i made chakra) this subak used to be communities. it's a very big subak. but there's a lot of investors, like hotels. the remaining now is only 47 hectares. 10 hectares are already converted to hotels. - this serves as an example for what could happen throughout the island with your rice fields. - absolutely. we're losing in average 500 hectares per year. there's no money in farming, because modern farming is very expensive. and it's creating a dependant system. farmers, of course, they have to re-buy seeds all the time because hybrid does

and that those funds get out to our farmers. we talked about that and we will talk about it more today. you're coming up with ideas and i appreciate that i met or were too working on it. thank you for being here today. i appreciate it very much. thank you madam chair. >> thank you. we are now going to begin rounds of five minutes of questions and i will begin. mr. secretary rural america has historically lagged behind urban regions in educational attainment poverty levels and overall well-being. data shows rural america has recovered from the great recession at a slower pace than urban america. which also has major implications for rural america's ability to adapt to the current economic and inflationary trend. i was excited to see usdaso formally brought launch the rural tartars network which we provided initial funding foreign fiscal year 2022 appropriation. mr. secretary can you provideryn update on how the rural partners network is being implemented and how it will target hunting to distressed communities and additionally ta

we are doing something about it in their farmers to help ring on bothot fronts reduce the cost of the price of it at home in expanding production of a world in need. >> host: president biden yesterday in illinois could explain what the president was doing on that trip. >> guest: part of the administration's approach right now they don't have a ton of tools at their disposal but the one thingdo the president talked about this week is the high costs for farmers to produce food and those high costs get transferred to the bills that americans see every day. in illinois he talked about providing funding for things like fertilizer which is a huge strain on farmers. they are expensive and we import a lot of fertilizer and there are supply crunches. that's's our main concern right now and the administration is hoping lifting the pressure from the high cost for farmers will help drive down high food prices. >> host: food prices in food shortages the house comes in at 10:00 a.m. eastern. if you want to chat about it food and agriculture reporter you can get that phone line democrats (202)748-80

it's visiting farmer, possy hon. he's only been involved in the project for a year, but he's already planted several 100 sen gone trees. this and gone is very fast growing around 5 to 6 meters in 11 months. this is why we love this kind of 3 so much. because you know, the more they grow the morning trojan they put into soil the more birthday life is the soil and, and it allows the farmers to actually plan any other things in his field. and yeah, this is how it's growing and, and imagine, ah ww are recent center cali month on i did was planted by the farmers here are the absorb, the carbon i think for the farmer. it's not only about providing a stable income for himself and later his children, like in many parts of borneo, floods are a growing problem here. happy cekada, misaki by any of these days, our village floods $3.00 to $4.00 times a year. all of them, it used to only flood once a year or we saw me, but it doesn't seem to matter any more. what the season is. we still get flooded. but how low 2 months typically

all next report comes from an area of ivory coast, also struggling with drought, farmers they and now banding together to protect our fields from wind and unpredictable weather conditions. here is this weeks doing your bits. ah ah, how can we protect fields that are exposed to both trout and heavy rain in northern ivory coast farmers used to simple methods the small stone walls, their building across their fields retain water, the walls, stay run parallel, but snake back and forth. they use a level not to check whether the ground is even but to find out which way the land is sloping. the stones are then laid said that they will catch the water run off sapp paramedic fetches zillow that allows us to fertilize the soil. because the compost taste put his show and the ditches we have already dug. if you can fill up with water, c boucher promptly. oh they have all say planted trees to act as wind breaks. they are regularly pruned to keep them in check. less out of grown up lactic. my dear, the trees we planted helped to shield the soil from the wind. that the small walls we are building to

but as jeff just shared, american farmers always find a way. they always feel something extra, a spark of patriotism, it's not hyperbole, a sense of never giving up, always finding a solution. all our farmers, i want you to know your congresswoman, secretary in my cabinet, we have your back. robin has your back. she's always looking at what's going on in agriculture world. for example, reducing the red tape so it's easier for farmers to conserve inserts and double crop, and two crops in the same year. and wheat will be harvested around july 4th if all goes well, god willing and the creek not rising as my grandfather would say, and then soybeans on the same acreage and double cropping comes with real risk. the growing season for wheat is short and if the weather conditions are not ideal, or not at least good, or other disruptions, then the timing of everything is thrown off. but it's a risk we need to take. that's why my administration is looking at how to extend crop insurance coverage to give financial security to farmers like jeff who practic

but fighting cartels left farmers in the crossfire forcing many of them to quit them. he bought it or chavez has decided to stand his ground defying the criminals with his own vigilante group. he's the only farmer here, willing to talk on camera. i'm going to love from the others. they're afraid of getting killed. if i talk every one he says, pays protection money one way or the other, whether for the harvests or their transportation, that gives the cartels a share of profits while pushing a prices. any one refusing to pay up is threatened, or worse, montana killed, traders are going in and fix line prices. and then for the surely more how is they attacked you and dictate how much you have to pay them unless he local perceived the country. i had a similar manner. well in my rear chavez is determined to carry on the struggle. come what may hill was only me see who i lost one of my son saudi's, i mean, and a lot of friends who fought alongside me. one moment. it's a pain that you're on will very deep. you say you will not let them. other farmers have already fled the vio

he's the only farmer here, willing to talk on camera. i'm going to have found the others they're afraid of getting killed if they talk every one he says, pays protection money one way or the other, whether for the harvests or their transportation, that gives the cartels a share of profits while pushing prices. any one refusing to pay up is threatened, or worse, montana kill traders. i'm going in and fixed line prices in, in, in facility more. how is they attack you and dictate how much you have to pay them? and then the pseudo hopelessly of the campaign and a single mama. well in wiley chavez is determined to carry on the struggle come what may hill was only me see who i lost one of my sons studies and a lot of friends who fought alongside me on bunyan. it's a pain that you're on will very deep kiss or you will, none of them. other farmers have already fled the violence, leaving behind tens of thousands of trees to wither away with no one to harvest their fruits. and that gap in supply on the market is a further reason for the rise in pr

here are the absorb, the carbon, i think for the farmer. it's not only about providing a stable income for himself and later his children, like in many parts of borneo, floods are growing problem hear that music r m. this occupied in these days. our village floods $3.00 to $4.00 times a year. allison. it used to only flood once a year or we saw one, but it doesn't seem to matter any more. what the season is. we still get flooded. but a how to law. to months, apple valley at a more cigna the the, the more gillum i think it's down to the impact of a mining some warning the forest has been cleared up so the ground doesn't absorb the water, a mortgage to that. and when it rains heavily, everywhere just floods all young that a little, but gay, good thought i'm been gotta planting more trees. could help prevent such damaging floods in the future. more than a 1000000 new trees have been planted throughout the region so far. some of them will now be felled and sold as timber, while others are planted in their place. the idea is to attract more busi

he's the only farmer here, willing to talk on camera. i'm going to have found the others they're afraid of getting killed if they talk every one he says, pays protection money one way or the other where the for the harvests or their transportation that gives the cartels a share of profits while pushing a prices. any one refusing to pay up is threatened, or worse, montana killed traders, and going in and fix line prices. and then for the surely more how is they attack to you and dictate how much you have to pay them unless you know what was the of the can plain and simple manner? well in wiley chavez is determined to carry on the struggle. come, what may you was only me see who i lost one of my sons saudi was i me and a lot of friends who fought alongside me on bunyan. it's a pain that you're on will very deep. you say you will not let them. other farmers have already fled the violence, leaving behind tens of thousands of trees to wither away with no one to harvest their fries. and that gap in supply on the market is a further reason for

. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> president zelenskyy visited troops on the front line in the kharkiv region. mr. zelenskyy was there to assess the damage and on the meantime, the ukrainian military launched counter offensive in the southern region of kherson. it claimed russian forces pushed back nearly 10 kilometers. cnn has not verified this report. and turkish president erdogan said he'll hold several phone calls today with his russians and ukrainian counterpart. he tries to maintain channel of dialogue and diplomacy and bring peace to ukraine. >> let's turn to cnn's paula newton. his trip comes at a critical time at the war. >> reporter: his first known trip since the russian invasion. v volodymyr zelenskyy got firsthand encounter. 19 bpeople killed and one of thm is a baby. the government would have to find funds to rebuild area by three months of being destroyed. ukrainian forces pushed back russians within just a few kilometers of the international border. zelenskyy presente

farmers are only able to solve those companies. the biden administration has been -- those companies who fuel prices right now. the biden administration has been trying to work on spending for local producers. smaller producers in local level to help stir competition in the market. host: texas, lou, independent, good morning. caller: good morning. i want to know, which is worse, starvation for the world? will it cause more stress in the world -- guest: he was asking about? host: willden using nuclear weapons further exacerbate the problem of food supply shortage? guest: -- are very volatile right now. any kinds of things like the war, other kinds of market, big market disruptions will have an impact on food prices. host: democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. my question is about the pharmaceutical companies. we can put chavez in jail but we find that pharmaceutical companies for there miss doing. the second question is, what about the weights in foods? you think you're buying five pounds of sugar but you are really buying f