Hearings and Testimony

September 2004

  • Review the Farm Credit System and Its Provisions for Associations to Exit the System. Serial No. 108-38 — Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research September 29, 2004

July 2004

  • The Endangered Species Act and Its Impact on Agricultural Producers. Greeley, CO. Serial No. 108-37 July 26, 2004
  • Review of the Federal Crop Insurance System — Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Serial No. 108-36 July 21, 2004
  • The Forest Land Enhancement Program. Serial No. 108-35 July 20, 2004
  • A Review of the USDA'S Expanded BSE Cattle Surveillance Program — Committee on Agriculture, joint with Committee on Government Reform. Serial No. 108-39 July 14, 2004

June 2004

  • Review of Agricultural Biotechnology — Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research. Serial No. 108-34 June 23, 2004
  • Review Iraqi Agriculture: From Oil for Food to the Future of Iraqi Production, Agriculture and Trade. Serial No. 108-33 June 16, 2004
  • Review the Implementation of the Conservation Title of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. Serial No. 108-32 — Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research. June 15, 2004
  • Review of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Company. Serial No. 108-31 June 2, 2004

May 2004

  • Review of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 — Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Serial No. 108-30 May 20, 2004

April 2004

  • Agricultural Trade Negotiations. Serial No. 108-29 April 28 and May 19, 2004
  • Review of Agricultural Conservation, Hilo, HI Serial No. 108-28 — Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research April 8, 2004

March 2004

  • Agricultural Research and Extension, Athens, GA. Serial No. 108-27 — Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research March 29, 2004
  • Renewable Energy and the Rural Economy, Rochester, MN. Serial No. 108-26 — Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry March 15, 2004
  • The Peanut Program. Serial No. 108-25 — Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs March 11, 2004
  • The Development of USDA's National Animal Identification Program. Serial No. 108-24 — Committee on Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture March 5, July 22, and August 17, 2004

January 2004

  • Temporary Guest Worker Proposals in the Agriculture Sector. Serial No. 108-23 January 28, 2004
  • Review of the USDA's Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Response. Serial No. 108-22 January 21, 2004

November 2003

  • The Application for Contract Market Designation of the U.S. Future Exchange, LLC, Before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Serial No. 108-21 November 6, 2003
  • Review of Domestic Policies Affecting the Specialty Crop Industry — Subcommittee on Livestock and Poultry. Serial No. 108-20 November 5, 2003

October 2003

  • The United States Arboretum — Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry.  Serial No. 108-19 October 21, 2003
  • Examine New Generation Cooperatives and Strategies to Maximize Farm and Ranch Income. Serial No. 108-18 October 16, 2003
  • Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling, Part II. Serial No. 108-17 October 1, 2003

July 2003

  • Review the Operations of the Food Stamp Program — Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry.  Serial No. 108-16 July 24, 2003

June 2003

  • Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling. Serial No. 108-12 June 26, 2003
  • Review the USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program. Serial No. 108-11 June 25, 2003  
  • Proposals to Ban Packer Ownership of Livestock — Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture Serial No. 108-10 June 21, 2003 
  • Review of Biotechnology in Agriculture — Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research. Serial No. 108-9 June 17, 2003 
  • Commodity Futures Modernization Act — Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Serial No. 108-8 June 5 and 19, 2003 
  • Review of the Conservation Title of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act — Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research. Serial No. 108-7 June 4, 2003 

May 2003 

  • Financial Status of the Crop Insurance Industry — Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Serial No. 108-6 May 22, 2003 
  • The Status of the World Trade Organization Negotiations on Agriculture. Serial No. 108-5 May 21, June18, and July 22, 2003 
  • The State of the Dairy Industry — Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry. Serial No. 108-4 May 20, 2003 

April 2003  

  • The President's Healthy Forests Initiative. Serial No. 108-3 April 30, 2003 
  • Implementation of the 2002 Farm Bill and the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 — Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Serial No. 108-2 April 10, 2003 

March 2003 

  • Review of Artificial Barriers to U.S. Agricultural Trade and Foreign Food Assistance. Serial No. 108-1 March 26, 2003