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We are the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, and here you will find periodic updates from us, as well as recordings of all official business held by the Committee.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022 – 10:15 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing – 1300 Longworth and via Zoom
Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations
RE: “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on SNAP”
All additional information for this event can be found here.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 – 1:00 PM ET
Virtual Hearing – via Zoom
Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry
RE: “Supporting Careers in Conservation: Workforce Training, Education, and Job Opportunities”
WITNESS LIST
Mr. Michael Crowder, President, National Association of Conservation Districts, Washington, DC
Mr. Shane O'Neill, Forest Industry Business Development Manager, School of Forest Resources: University of Maine, on behalf of The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Orono, ME
Mr. Keith Olander, Dean of Agriculture Studies, Central Lakes College, Staples, MN
Dr. Margaret Holzer, K-12 Committee, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI
Ms. Marissa Jensen, Education & Outreach Program Manager, Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Quail Forever, Saint Paul, MN.
Ms. Tracy Schohr, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension, and Partner, Schohr Ranch, Gridley, CA
All additional information for this event can be found here.
Thursday, May 12, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Full Committee on Agriculture
RE: “Changing Market Roles: The FTX Proposal and Trends in New Clearinghouse Models”
WITNESS LIST
Mr. Terrence A. Duffy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CME Group, Chicago, IL
Mr. Sam Bankman-Fried, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, FTX US Derivatives, Chicago, IL
Mr. Walt Lukken, President and Chief Executive Officer, Futures Industry Association, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Christopher Edmonds, Chief Development Officer, Intercontinental Exchange, Atlanta, GA
Mr. Christopher Perkins, President, CoinFund Management LLC, New York, NY
All additional information for this event can be found here.
Thursday, April 28, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Full Committee on Agriculture
RE: “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program”
WITNESS LIST
Ms. Stacy Dean, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Accompanied by Ms. Cindy Long, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, VA
All additional information on this event can be found here.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Full Committee on Agriculture
RE: “An Examination of Price Discrepancies, Transparency, and Alleged Unfair Practices in Cattle Markets”
Witness List
PANEL I
Mr. Coy Young, Cow/Calf Producer, Blythedale, MO
Mr. Gilles Stockton, Cow/Calf Producer, on behalf of the Northern Plains Research Council and Western Organization of Research Councils, Grass Range, MT
Mr. Don Schiefelbein, Cattle Producer, President, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Kimball, MN
PANEL II
Mr. David MacLennan, Chief Executive Officer, Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, MN
Mr. Tim Schellpeper, Chief Executive Officer, JBS USA Holdings, Inc., Greeley, CO
Mr. Tim Klein, Chief Executive Officer, National Beef Packing Company, LLC, Kansas City, MO
Mr. Donnie King, Chief Executive Officer, Tyson Foods, Springdale, AR
All additional information for this event can be found here.
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
RE: “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: International Trade and Food Assistance Programs”
WITNESS LIST
PANEL 1
Mr. Daniel Whitley, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Sarah Charles, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, United
States Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
PANEL 2
Ms. Krysta Harden, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Dairy Export Council,
Arlington, VA
Ms. Nicole Berg, President, National Association of Wheat Growers, Patterson, WA
Dr. Arif Husain, Chief Economist, United Nations World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
Mr. Bill O'Keefe, Executive Vice President for Mission and Mobilization, Catholic Relief
Services, Baltimore, MD
All additional information on this event can be found here.
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Full Committee on Agriculture
RE: “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Energy - Renewable Energy Opportunities in Rural America”
WITNESS LIST
PANEL 1
The Honorable Xochitl Torres Small, Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
Accompanied by Dr. Karama Neal, Administrator, USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Washington, DC
Accompanied by Mr. Chris McLean, Acting Administrator, USDA Rural Utilities Service, Washington, DC
PANEL 2
Mr. Andy Olsen, Senior Policy Advocate, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Chicago, IL
Mr. Bill Cherrier, Executive Vice President and CEO, Central Iowa Power Cooperative, on behalf of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Des Moines, IA
Dr. Patrick Gruber, Chief Executive Officer, Gevo, Inc., Englewood, CO
Mr. Jay McKenna, Chief Executive Officer, Nacero, Houston, TX
All additional information for this event can be found here.
Thursday, March 31, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Full Committee on Agriculture
RE: “State of the CFTC”
WITNESS LIST
The Honorable Rostin Behnam, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, D.C.
All additional information on this event can be found here.
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research
RE: “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Horticulture and Urban Agriculture”
Witness List
PANEL 1
The Honorable Jennifer Lester Moffitt, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Terry Cosby, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, D.C.
PANEL 2
Ms. Laura Batcha, Chief Executive Officer, Organic Trade Association, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Brie Reiter Smith, Vice President of Product Leadership, Driscoll's, Inc., on behalf of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance, Watsonville, CA
Mr. Marc Oshima, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, AeroFarms, Newark, NJ
Mr. Nate Olive, Owner, Ridge to Reef Farm, and President, Virgin Islands Farmers Alliance, Inc., St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Mr. Bruce Kettler, Director, Indiana State Department of Agriculture, on behalf of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, Indianapolis, Indiana
All additional information on this event can be found here.
Wednesday, March 16, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Full Committee on Agriculture
RE: “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: The Role of USDA Programs in Addressing Climate Change”
WITNESS LIST
The Honorable Charles F. Conner, President and CEO, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, on behalf of the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance, Washington, DC
Ms. Kristin Weeks Duncanson, Owner and Partner, Duncanson Growers, on behalf of the AGree Economic and Environmental Risk Coalition, Mapleton, MN
The Honorable Heidi Heitkamp, Co-Chair, Bipartisan Policy Center's Farm and Forest Carbon Solutions Task Force, Washington, DC
Ms. Shakera Raygoza, Owner and Operator, Terra Preta Farm, on behalf of the National Young Farmers Coalition, Edinburg, TX
Dr. Glenda Humiston, Vice President, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Davis, CA
Dr. Joe Outlaw, Co- Director, Agriculture and Food Policy Center, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
All additional information on this event can be found here.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
RE: “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Rural Development”
WITNESS LIST
The Honorable Xochitl Torres Small, Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
All additional information on this hearing can be found here.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Full Committee on Agriculture
RE: “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Commodity Group Perspectives on Title 1”
WITNESS LIST
Mr. Brad Doyle, President, American Soybean Association, Weiner, AR,
Dr. Robert Johansson, Director of Economics and Policy Analysis, American Sugar Alliance, Alexandria, VA
Ms. Nicole Berg, Vice President, National Association of Wheat Growers, Paterson, WA
Mr. Chris Edgington, President, National Corn Growers Association, Saint Ansgar, IA
Ms. Jaclyn Ford, National Cotton Council, Alapaha, GA
Ms. Verity Ulibarri, National Sorghum Producers, Melrose, NM
Mr. Clark Coleman, National Sunflower Association, National Barley Growers Association, U.S. Canola Association, and the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, Bismarck, ND
Ms. Jennifer James, USA Rice, Newport, AR
Ms. Meredith McNair Rogers, U.S. Peanut Federation, Camilla, GA
All additional information for this event can be found here.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 – 12:00 PM ET
Virtual Hearing
Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations
RE: “Review of the Office of the Inspector General Report on ‘USDA Oversight of Civil Rights Complaints’”
WITNESS LIST
Ms. Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of lnspector General, Washington, D.C.
Accompanied by Mr. Gil H. Harden, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of lnspector General, Washington, D.C.
All additional information on this event can be found here.
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Virtual Hearing
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
RE: “A Hearing to Review Farm Policy with Undersecretary Robert Bonnie”
All additional information for this event can be found here.
Thursday, February 3, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Virtual Hearing
Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
RE: “Sustainability in the Livestock Sector: Environmental Gain and Economic Viability”
WITNESS LIST
Dr. Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, PhD, Director, AgNext and Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Ms. Rosie Burroughs, Producer, Burroughs Family Farms, on behalf of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Denair, CA
Mr. Melvin Medeiros, Producer, Medeiros Holsteins, on behalf of National Milk Producers Federation, Fresno County, CA
Ms. Kim Brackett, Producer, Brackett Ranches, and Chair, Beef Industry Long Range Plan, on behalf of National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Homedale, ID
Mr. Ernie Meier, Chair, U.S, Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry and Eggs, Director of Quality Systems, U.S. Supply Chain, McDonald's USA, Chicago, IL
All additional information for this event can be found here.
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Virtual Hearing
Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry
RE: “A 2022 Review of Farm Bill Conservation Programs”
WITNESS LIST
Mr. Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator, Farm Service Agency, Washington, D.C
Mr. Terry Cosby, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, D.C.
All additional information on this event can be found here.
*Note: portions of this hearing were disrupted by audio outages. The blank space has been removed.*
Thursday, January 20, 2022 – 9:00 AM ET
Virtual Hearing – via Zoom
Full Committee on Agriculture
RE: “To Review the State of the Rural Economy with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack”
Chairman David Scott Opening Statement
All additional information on this hearing can be found here.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET
Virtual Hearing
Full Committee on Agriculture
RE: "Implications of Electric Vehicle Investments for Agriculture and Rural America”
WITNESSES
The Honorable David Strickland, Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs, General Motors, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Lincoln Wood, Electrification Policy Manager, Southern Company, Atlanta, GA
Mr. Matthew Laughridge, President and Managing Partner, Terry Reid Automotive Group, Cartersville, GA on behalf of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA)
Mr. Trevor Walter, Vice President of Petroleum Supply Management, Sheetz, Inc., on behalf of National Association of Convenience Stores, Altoona, PA
Mr. Geoff Cooper, President & Chief Executive Officer, Renewable Fuels Association, Ellisville, MO
Mr. Josh Nassar, Legislative Director, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Washington, D.C.
Mr. Mark Mills, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute, Chevy Chase, MD
All additional information on this event can be found here.
**Note: Due to technical issues, a portion of Chair Jahana Hayes's opening statement was cut from this recording.
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 -- 10:00 AM EDT
Hybrid Hearing
Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations
RE: “Review of USDA Nutrition Distribution Programs”
WITNESS LIST
Mr. Carlos Rodriguez, President and CEO of Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Hillside, NJ
Ms. Mary Greene Trottier, Director of Food Distribution Programs, Spirit Lake Tribe, and President of the National Association of Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations, Fort Totten, ND
Mr. Frank Kubik, National Commodity Supplemental Food Program Association Board Member and Commodity Supplemental Food Program Director at Focus: HOPE, Detroit, MI
Mr. Dave Donaldson, Co-Founder and Chairman, CityServe International, Bakersfield, CA
All additional information for this event can be found here.
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 – 10:00 AM ET
Hybrid Hearing
Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
RE: “Trade Policy and Priorities”
WITNESS LIST
Mr. Kent Stenderup, Managing Partner, Stenderup Ag Partners, on behalf of Blue Diamond Almonds, Bakersfield, CA
Mr. Simon Vander Woude, Owner, Vander Woude Dairy, on behalf of National Milk Producers Federation, Merced, CA
Ms. Latashia Redhouse, Director, American Indian Foods Program, Intertribal Agriculture Council, Vernal, UT
Ms. Jen Sorenson, President, National Pork Producers Council, Washington, DC
Mr. Kevin Scott, President, American Soybean Association, St. Louis, MO
All additional information on this event can be found here.
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