We have memos at USDA from the former administration and the former Secretary of Agriculture under Joe Biden that realized it was a big problem, but really no massive effort to get their arms around it. We rolled out within two weeks of me being sworn in a pretty significant plan, one of the most significant certainly across the USDA history. So my hope is that that was a massive signal to our farmers and our ranchers that we are realigning the US Department of Agriculture, not around, you know, diversity, … (07:18–07:26)
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