Hearing to Review the Economic Conditions Facing the Pork Industry

Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit | 1300 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
| Oct 22, 2009 10:00am

WASHINGTON - On October 22, 2009, Congressman David Scott, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, held a hearing to discuss the economic crisis that U.S. pork producers are experiencing.

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Witnesses

Panel 1

Mr. Michael Scuse , Deputy Under Secretary, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Panel 2

Mr. Don Butler , President, National Pork Producers Council, Warsaw, North Carolina

Mr. Mark Greenwood , Vice President, Agri Business Capital, AgStar Financial Services, Mankato, Minnesota

Mr. Brian Burh , Ph.D., Professor, Head and E. Fred Koller Chair in Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Mr. Rod K. Brenneman , President and CEO, Seaboard Foods, Shawnee Mission, Kansas

Mr. Dave Moody , Public Policy Chair and Past President, Iowa Pork Producers Association, Nevada, Iowa