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

National Archives Southeast Region, Morrow, Ga.
| May 14, 2010 1:30pm

MORROW, Ga. – On May 14, 2010, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson held a field hearing in Morrow, Ga., to review U.S. agriculture policy as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. This was the fifth in a series of hearings scheduled across the country to consider new ideas regarding Federal food and farm policy. Nine Members of Congress attended the hearing and heard testimony from eleven witnesses on a variety of farm policy issues.

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Witnesses

Panel 1

Dr. Scott Angle , Dean and Director, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Dr. Mark Latimore Jr., Interim Dean of the College of Agriculture, Home Economic and Applied Programs, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia

Mr. Gary McMurray , Chief, Food Processing and Technology Division, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia

Mr. Robert Farris , Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, Dry Branch, Georgia

Panel 2

Mr. Andy Bell , cotton, peanut, corn and cattle producer, Climax, Georgia

Mr. Vincent Duvall , cattle and poultry producer, Macon, Georgia

Mr. Ronnie Lee , cotton producer, Bronwood, Georgia

Mr. Richard Minor , fruit and vegetable producer, Andersonville, Georgia

Mr. Armond Morris , peanut producer, Ocilla, Georgia

Mr. Hilton Segler , pecan producer, Albany, Georgia

Mr. Ricky Williams , dairy producer, Baxley, Georgia