AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING TO REVIEW OPERATIONS OF THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM Congressman Gil Gutknecht, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, convened a hearing today to review operations of the food stamp program, including implementation of the 2002 Farm Bill, completion of the implementation of the electronic benefi... Read more »
The House Agriculture committee today held a hearing to review the 2002 wildfire season, one of the worst in the last 50 years, and to get the views of federal, state, and local officials on the outlook for the remainder of the 2003 wildfire season. Congress has appropriated over half a billion dollars over the last three fiscal years to reduce hazardous fuel loads on the National Forests, and has... Read more »
The House Agriculture Committee today held a hearing to review the issue of geographical indications and the potential effect of proposals by countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO) agricultural negotiations on United States agriculture and food exports. Geographical indications are a means by which producers of a product, including an agricultural product, can identify such a product as o... Read more »
Congressman Jerry Moran, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, today chaired a hearing to review crop insurance for specialty crop producers. "Despite significant progress, it can still be difficult for producers to obtain coverage for their particular crops," Chairman Moran said. The subcommittee heard from four witnesses who discussed the... Read more »
The House Committee on Agriculture today held a hearing to review the Department of Agriculture’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program. The 1990 Farm Bill authorized the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program to provide grants to rural schools and health care providers. The 1996 Farm Bill reauthorized the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program and established a new loan ... Read more »
AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE HOLDS FIELD HEARING TO REVIEW PROPOSALS TO BAN PACKER OWNERSHIP OF LIVESTOCK Subcommittee Chairman Hayes Says ‘This Field Hearing Allows Us to Hear From Folks Who Would be Directly Impacted by Such Proposals’ GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA: Congressman Robin Hayes, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, convened his first hearing today to rev... Read more »
COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING TO REVIEW MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ‘U.S. Agriculture Depends on Exports and a Vibrant Trade Policy,’ Goodlatte Says The House Committee on Agriculture today held a hearing to review multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations, during which they heard from representatives of major agricultural organizations, all representing crops grown in the United S... Read more »
AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING ON COMMODITY FUTURES MODERNIZATION Hears from Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Congressman Jerry Moran, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, today chaired a hearing to review the regulatory and enforcement activity since the passage of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. Testifyi... Read more »
AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING TO REVIEW CONSERVATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSERVATION TITLE OF THE 2002 FARM BILL Subcommittee Chairman Lucas Says, ‘We will make sure that the implementation process is fair and equitable’ Congressman Frank Lucas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research, convened... Read more »
COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING TO REVIEW MANDATORY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING The House Committee on Agriculture today held a hearing to review mandatory country or origin labeling. The Committee heard from the Administration, producers, packers, processors and retailers, now that they have had time to review the law and gauge its potential impact. The 2002 Farm Bill contained language requiring that ret... Read more »
