Full Committee
Field Hearing to Review U.S. Agriculture Policy in Advance of the 2012 Farm Bill
Date and Time
May 17, 2010 |
09:00 AM
Location
Texas Tech Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Description
LUBBOCK, Texas - On May 17, 2010, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson held a field hearing in Lubbock, Texas, to review U.S. agriculture policy as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. This was the seventh in a series of hearings scheduled across the country to consider new ideas regarding Federal food and farm policy. Eight Members of Congress attended the hearing and heard testimony from thirteen witnesses on a variety of farm policy issues.
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Witness Testimonies
Panel 1
Mr. Brad Bouma,
dairy producer, Plainview, Texas
Mr. Jimbo Grissom,
peanut producer, Seminole, Texas
Mr. John Lackey,
citrus producer, Weslaco, Texas
Mr. Ronnie Holt,
cotton, corn and sorghum producer and crop insurance agent, Muleshoe, Texas
Mr. Joe Parker Jr.,
cattle producer, Byers, Texas
Mr. Dale Murden,
sugarcane, citrus, vegetable, soybean and sorghum producer, Monte Alto, Texas
Panel 2
Mr. Billy Bob Brown,
irrigated and dryland wheat, sorghum and beef producer, Panhandle, Texas
Mr. Brad Heffington,
cotton, corn and sorghum producer, Littlefield, Texas
Mr. David Cleavinger,
wheat, corn, cotton and grain sorghum producer, Wildorado, Texas
Mr. Lowell Raun Jr.,
rice producer, El Campo, Texas
Mr. Doyle Schniers,
cotton producer, San Angelo, Texas
Mr. Dan Smith,
sorghum producer, Lockney, Texas
Mr. Dee Vaughan,
corn, soybean, wheat, cotton and sorghum producer, Dumas, Texas