85 Quotes by Mike Johanns

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    For the past two years, Allan has demonstrated outstanding leadership at USDA Rural Development, ... The people we serve in rural America and USDA will all benefit from his experience and knowledge in this new position.

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    Agriculture is very sensitive to (energy) issues, ... It's fertilizer-based and the irrigation equipment ... the tractors, the combines and all of that ... run on diesel. So it's a very difficult situation out there.

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    Today, we can tell people we have a testing process and facilities in place on a nationwide basis.

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    When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.

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    There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders.

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    Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults. After growing up on a dairy farm, everything in life seemed easy

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    We’re going to do everything possible to make sure that food safety is always paramount, and that we work with the industry as aggressively as we can to make sure that we’re paying attention to the food-safety issues.

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    Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults. After growing up on a dairy farm, everything in life seemed easy.

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