VIDEO: Sen. Moran Questions USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on Kansas Agriculture Priorities

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – a member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee – this week questioned U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on the department’s management of the Food for Peace program and highlighted a Kansas shipment of grain sorghum that was packaged on Tuesday in Hugoton for distribution across the world through Food for Peace. “Madam Secretary, I just received a text – this is a photo of people in Hugoton, Kansas, just yesterday,” said Sen. Moran. “They loaded 400,000 bushels of grain sorghum on their way to a port to be used in the Food for Peace program – one of the very first opportunities that this has occurred. We have four Kansans dressed in their bright yellow jackets helping in regard to that grain being loaded.” “That’s a beneficial thing economically, but there’s an emotional attachment that comes with all farmers, all agriculture producers in the noble pursuit of their profession that feeds a hungry world,” continued Sen. Moran. “You should take great pride in Food for Peace under your management.” During the hearing, Sen. Moran also questioned Secretary Rollins about threats to the livestock industry posed by animal diseases, including those spread by the Asian Longhorned Tick, and he highlighted the importance of USDA’s National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan. He also emphasized the need for haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land to help reduce the risk of wildfires like the recent fires in western Kansas and highlighted his legislation to strengthen CRP, which he is working to include in the Senate Farm Bill. Click HERE to Watch Sen. Moran’s Full Questioning Items to note: June 3: Sen. Moran questioned Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the department’s transfer of administration of Food for Peace to USDA. May 2026: Sen. Moran hosted USDA Under Secretary Luke Lindberg in Kansas to showcase the state’s role in supporting international food aid and to meet with local commodity groups on the importance of the Food for Peace program. Sen. Moran has long advocated for Food for Peace to be administered by USDA, and he introduced legislation with Sen. Hoeven and Rep. Mann last year to move the program to USDA permanently. A similar provision was included in the Farm Bill that was approved by the House of Representatives. # # #