[inaudible conversations] good morning. Members of the committee i call this hearing on agriculture and forestry to order todays marks the ninth hearing this your dedicated to stakeholders all around the country country, programs are working as we work towards a formal. This includes taking look and spending requests and proposals and do not have day budget baseline. As i said the committee must be mindful of a very tough budgetary impairment that we have to face while it is a principal duty to ensure the next farm bill provides our producers with the necessary tools and resources to feed a growing and hungry world with the responsibilities dont stop there the farm bill needs to support businesses with schools. Said and that is what the farmers and ranchers call home. We had the opportunity to hear from a number of stakeholders. Into the witness is a apologize. Looking at the electric cooperative. And then with an affordable and Reliable Energy. And with the commodities. The roll Telec