Subcommittees

House Agriculture Subcommittees for the 111th Congress:

Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research

 

Jurisdiction:

Soil, water, and resource conservation, small watershed program, energy and biobased energy production, rural electrification, agricultural credit, and agricultural research, education and extension services.

 

Members:

• Bob Goodlatte, VA (Ranking Member)
• Jerry Moran, KS
• Same Graves, MO
• Mike Rogers, AL
• Steve King, IA
• Randy Neugebauer, TX
• Jean Schmidt, OH
• Adrian Smith, NE
• Blaine Luetkemeyer, MO
• Glenn Thompson, PA
• Bill Cassidy, LA

Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry

 

Jurisdiction:

Agency oversight, review and analysis, special investigations, food stamps, nutrition and consumer programs, forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.

 

Members:

• Jeff Fortenberry, NE (Ranking Member)
• Steve King, IA
• Jean Schmidt, OH
• Cynthia Lummis, WY

Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management

 

Jurisdiction:

Program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, wheat, feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry beans, peas, lentils, the Commodity Credit Corporation, risk management including crop insurance and commodity exchanges.

 

Members:

• Jerry Moran, KS (Ranking Member)
• Timothy V. Johnson, IL
• Same Graves, MO
• Steve King, IA
• K. Michael Conaway, TX
• Blaine Luetkemeyer, MO

Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture

 

Jurisdiction:

Fruits and vegetables, hone and bees, marketing and promotion orders, plant pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds, and insect pests, and organic agriculture.

 

Members:

• Jean Schmidt, OH (Ranking Member)
• Jerry Moran, KS
• Timothy V. Johnson, IL
• Cynthia Lumis, WY

Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry

 

Jurisdiction:

Livestock, dairy, poultry, meat, seafood and seafood products, inspection, marketing, and promotion of such commodities, aquaculture, animal welfare, and grazing.

 

Members:

• Randy Neugebauer, TX (Ranking Member)
• Bob Goodlatte, VA
• Mike Rogers, AL
• Steve King, IA
• K. Michael Conaway, TX
• Adrian Smith, NE
• David P. Roe, TN

Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture

 

Jurisdiction:

Peanuts, sugar, tobacco, marketing orders relating to such commodities, rural development, farm security and family farming matters, biotechnology, foreign agricultural assistance, and trade promotion programs, generally.

 

Members:

• K. Michael Conaway, TX (Ranking Member)
• David P. Roe, TN
• Glenn Thompson, PA
• Bill Cassidy, LA

 

Chairman Peterson and Ranking Member Lucas are ex-officio members of all subcommittees.

 

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