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

Laramie County Community College, Center for Conferences and
| May 4, 2010 8:00am

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – On May 4, 2010, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson held a field hearing in Cheyenne, Wyo., to review U.S. agriculture policy as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. This was the fourth 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 eight witnesses on a variety of farm policy issues.

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Witnesses

Panel 1

Mr. Bill Crapser , Wyoming State Forester, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Mr. Rick Cables , Regional Forester, Region 2, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Golden, Colorado Accompanied by: Mr. Phil Cruz, Deputy Forest Supervisor, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Laramie, Wyomi

Ms. Nancy Fishering , forest products producer, Montrose, Colorado

Panel 2

Mr. Jerry Cooksey , wheat producer, Roggen, Colorado

Mr. Ogden Driskill , cattle and buffalo producer, Devil’s Tower, Wyoming

Mr. Les Hardesty , dairy producer, Greeley, Colorado

Mr. John Snyder Jr., sugarbeet producer, Worland, Wyoming

Mr. Dennis Sun , cattle producer, Casper, Wyoming