USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins made her third visit to Missouri since she took the helm of the Department of Agriculture. It's her most-visited state since she took her role in the office.
The Ag Outlook Forum event on Friday, hosted by the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City, brought in several speakers and hundreds of agricultural leaders and producers.
"My friends, we know that agriculture in our country today is under threat," Rollins said during her speech.
She outlined multiple priorities from the USDA: financial relief delivery, driving down high production costs, labor, bio-security research and trade.
"I know that right now, today, we have yet to see a marked difference [in the trade war], but by next year, we believe so sincerely, and in my meetings with buyers overse