Hearing to Review Economic Conditions Facing the Dairy Industry, Part Three

Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit | 1300 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
| Jul 28, 2009 10:00am

WASHINGTON – On July 28, 2009, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held its third hearing that month to review the economic conditions facing the dairy industry.  Subcommittee Chairman David Scott of Georgia called the hearing to continue to hear from producers across the country about the steep decline in milk prices since 2007, and the effects those prices are having on the dairy industry. 

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Witnesses

Panel 1

Mr. Craig Lang , President, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, and member of the Board of Directors of American Farm Federation, Brooklyn, Iowa

Mr. W. Anthony Bostwick , CEO, Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores, on behalf of Braum’s and the American Independent Dairy Alliance, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Mr. Joaquin Contente , dairy farmer, and President, California Farmers Union, Hanford, California

Mr. Walter M. Guterbock , DVM, MS, Manager, Columbia River Dairy and Sixmile Land and Cattle Company, Boardman, Oregon

Ms. Melissa L. Hughes , General Council, CROPP Cooperative, LaFarge, Wisconsin

Mr. Gordon M. Cook Jr., dairy producer, and member of the Board of Directors of Holstein USA, Inc., Hadley, Massachusetts

Mr. Thomas M. Suber , President, U.S. Dairy Export Council, Arlington, Virginia