Field Hearing to Review U.S. Agriculture Policy in Advance of the 2012 Farm Bill

Texas Tech Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
| May 17, 2010 9:00am

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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Witnesses

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