Subcommitee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops Hearing

Hearing on implementation of Sec. 192, Risk Management Education, of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 at

9:00 a.m. on April 10th, 1997 in 1300 Longworth House Office Building

WITNESS LIST

PANEL I

Mr. Kenneth D. Ackerman, Administrator, Risk Management Agency, United

States Department of Agriculture

Accompanied by:

Mr. Bob Koopman, Deputy Administrator, Rural, Economic, and Social

Development, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture

The Honorable Brooksley Born, Chairperson, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

PANEL II

Mr. Bob Petersen, President, National Grain Trade Council

Mr. Tom Coyle, Vice President of Continental Grain,

National Grain and Feed Association

Mr. Jack Laurie, President, Michigan Farm Bureau,

American Farm Bureau Federation Executive Committee

Mr. Bill Northey, Chairman, National Corn Growers

Mr. Mark Berg, First Vice President, American Soybean Association

Mr. Robert Parkerson, President, National Crop Insurance Services

Ms. Melinda Schramm, Executive Director, National Introducing Brokers Association

Mr. Dennis Collins, Managing Director, Commodity Markets Group,

Chicago Board of Trade

Mr. Bryce Knorr, Editor, Farm Futures