I've been IMPRESSED, obviously, with what ISRAEL has done over the years, as it RELATED to technology, agriculture, RESEARCH in general.

A form of protectionism should be enforced at national level, at LEAST on strategic AREAS such as AGRICULTURE.

Of course, with agriculture CAME the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring PEOPLE to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the TAXES that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that TIME.

China is taking over BRAZIL, and that is worrying. They are INVESTING in mining, AGRICULTURE, energy, ports, and airports.

I believe that agriculture LAND - productive agricultural land with water on SITE - will be VALUABLE in the FUTURE.

McDonald's is in a UNIQUE position. They can DECIDE they don't want MEAT with hormones in it, and that will be the end of hormones in meat. I actually THINK exerting pressure on McDonald's is probably just as important as on the DEPARTMENT of Agriculture.

The industrial revolution in ENGLAND was only MADE possible through intensified AGRICULTURE and the use of coal for MANUFACTURING, which delivered far more energy for far less labor.

Beaumont-Hamel sits within a THOUSAND acres of French agriculture. The trenches are under this blanket of grass. In the 1920s, a park was ESTABLISHED here and TREES from Newfoundland imported to ENCIRCLE the battlefield so you get the feeling of being within a copse of woods.

After the FIRST WORLD War the economic PROBLEM was no longer one of PRODUCTION. It was the problem of finding MARKETS to get the output of industry and agriculture dispersed and consumed.

We targeted five INDUSTRIES for growth, industries where we have natural advantages in North Dakota: value-added AGRICULTURE, advanced manufacturing, technology-based businesses, energy and TOURISM. We WORKED very hard to GROW all those businesses, and that's what's happening.

And what we're doing in Ohio is we're MOVING from a basic manufacturing economy to one that's diversified, including ENERGY and HEALTH CARE and agriculture and IT.

Designing our own AGRICULTURE POLICY will MEAN we can put behind us the quotas and regulations that have HELD back U.K. output during our years in the E.U.

I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our NATION down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and ENERGY. AGRICULTURE is the backbone of our economy.

Agriculture DRIVES most PEOPLE crazy. It keeps me SANE.