111th Congress 2009-2010

 

 

 

 


Thursday, November 19 - 11:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture - Public Hearing
RE: To review rural broadband programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.


Panel I

Tuesday, November 17 - 11:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Full Committee on Agriculture - Public Hearing
RE: To review the Financial Stability Improvement Act discussion draft.

Panel I


Thursday, October 29 - 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research - Public Hearing
RE: To review the future of next generation biofuels.

Panel I

  • Mr. Dallas Tonsager, Under Secretary, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. Rajiv Shah, Under Secretary for Research, Education, Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Panel II


Wednesday, October 28 - 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture - Public Hearing
RE: To review implementation of the Horticulture and Organic Agriculture Title of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008.

Panel I

  • Ms. Rayne Pegg, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of
    Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
    • Accompanied by Ms. Cindy Smith, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
      Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.


Thursday, October 22 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry – Public Hearing
RE: To review the economic conditions facing the pork industry.

Panel I

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

Panel II

  • Mr. Don Butler, President, National Pork Producers Council, Warsaw, North Carolina
  • Mr. Mark Greenwood, Vice President, Agri Business Capital, AgStar Financial Services, Mankato, Minnesota
  • Brian Buhr, 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


Wednesday, October 21 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture - Public Hearing
RE: To examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rural business programs and to review current conditions for rural entrepreneurship and business development.

Panel I

  • Ms. Judy Canales, Administrator, Rural Business and Cooperative Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Mr. Randall Jones, President and CEO, Lumbee River Electric Membership Cooperation, Red Springs, North Carolina
  • Arlen Kangas, Ph.D., President, Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
  • Ms. Amy Crystle, CSA Manager, Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative, Leola, Pennsylvania
  • Timothy Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Macomb, Illinois
  • Mr. Leo Hoehn, General Manager, Stateline Bean Producers Cooperative, Gering, Nebraska


Tuesday, October 7 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research---Public Hearing
RE: To review the implementation of the conservation title of the 2008 Farm Bill.

Panel I

  • Mr. Dave White, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Jonathan Coppess, Administrator, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.


Tuesday, September 30 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research---Public Hearing
RE: To review the implementation of the research title of the 2008 Farm Bill.

Panel I

  • Dr. Rajiv Shah, Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Dr. D.C. Coston, Vice President for Agriculture and University Extension, North Dakota State University, on behalf of The Board on Agriculture Assembly, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Fargo, North Dakota
  • Mr. Joseph H. Layton, Jr., soybean, corn, and grape producer, on behalf of National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research, American Soybean Association, and the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, Vienna, Maryland


Tuesday, September 22 – 11:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Full Committee – Public Hearing
RE: To review proposed legislation by the U.S. Department of Treasury regarding the regulation of over-the-counter derivatives markets, part two.

Panel I

Thursday, September 17 – 10:30 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Full Committee – Public Hearing
RE: To review proposed legislation by the U.S. Department of Treasury regarding the regulation of over-the-counter derivatives markets, part one.

Panel I

  • Mr. Jon Hixson, Director, Federal Government Relations, Cargill, Inc., Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Glenn English, President, National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Dave Schryver, Executive Vice President, American Public Gas Association, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Richard B. Hirst, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Delta Air Lines, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Panel II

Wednesday, August 5 – 10:00 a.m.
Madonna Pro Active Gymnasium
Lincoln, NE
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry– Public Hearing
RE: To examine new and innovative ways to improve nutrition and wellness programs.

Panel I—Obesity, Chronic Illness, and Nutrition:

  • Dr. Michael Sitorius, Chair, Family Medicine Department, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Ms. Amy Lazarus Yaroch, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Center for Human Nutrition, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Ms. Kimberly A. Russel, President and Chief Executive Officer, BryanLGH Health System, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Ms. Pam Edwards, MBA, MS, RD, President-elect and Director, Nebraska Dietetic Association, Assistant Director of University Dining Services, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

Panel II—Wellness and Prevention Practices:

  • Mr. Wayne Sensor, Chief Executive Officer, Alegent Health, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Dr. Blake Williamson, Vice President, Senior Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Ms. Marsha Lommel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Mr. Glenn A. Fosdick, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Ms. LuAnn Heinen, MPP, Vice President, National Business Group on Health, and Director, Institute on the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity, Washington, D.C.


Thursday, July 30 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research---Public Hearing
RE: To review the P.L. 83-566 watershed proposals for the Dunloup Creek Watershed and the Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project


Panel I

Panel II

  • Mr. Dave White, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.


Tuesday, July 28 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry – Public Hearing
RE: To review economic conditions facing the dairy industry, part three.


Panel I

  • 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
  • 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

 

 

Tuesday, July 21 – 11:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry – Public Hearing
RE: To review economic conditions facing the dairy industry, part two.

Panel I

  • Mr. Ed Welch, President and CEO, Associated Milk Producers, Inc., on behalf of the Midwest Dairy Coalition, New Ulm, Minnesota
  • Mr. Phil Plourd, President, Blimling and Associates, Inc./Roger W. Blimling, Inc.
  • Mr. Everett Williams, dairy farmer, and President, Georgia Milk Producers, Inc., Madison, Georgia
  • Mr. Paul Rozwadowski, dairy farmer, and Dairy Subcommittee Chair, National Family Farm Coalition, Stanley, Wisconsin
  • Mr. Scott Hoese, President, Carver County Farmers Union, on behalf of National Farmers Union, Mayer, Minnesota
  • Mr. Donald DeJong, dairy farmer, Hartley, Texas


Monday, July 20 – 9:00 a.m.
Radisson Paper Valley Hotel
Appleton, WI
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry– Public Hearing
RE: To review forest resource management in northern Wisconsin


Panel I

  • Ms. Jeanne Higgins, Forest Supervisor, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Park Falls, Wisconsin
  • Mr. Matt Frank, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin

Panel II

Thursday July 16 -10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Full Committee – Public Hearing
RE: To review current issues in food safety


Panel I

  • Mr. Larry Wooten, President, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, on behalf of American Farm Bureau Federation, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Mr. J. Patrick Boyle, President, American Meat Institute, Washington, D.C.
  • Ms. Carol Tucker-Foreman, Distinguished Fellow, The Food Policy Institute, Consumer Federation of America, Washington, D.C.
  • Sam Ives, DVM, Ph.D., Director of Veterinary Services and Associate Director of Research, Cactus Feeders, Ltd., on behalf of National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Amarillo, Texas
  • Mr. Kent Peppler, President, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, on behalf of National Farmers Union, Mead, Colorado
  • Mr. Bob Reinhard, Director of Food Safety for Sara Lee, and Chairman, Technical and Regulatory Committee, of the National Turkey Federation, Downers Grove, Illinois
  • Mr. Nicholas Maravell, Owner and Operator, Nick’s Organic Farm, LLC, Potomac, Maryland
  • Mr. Drew McDonald, Vice President National Quality Systems, Taylor Farms, Inc.

Panel II

  • Mr. Jerold Mande, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Ms. Cindy Smith, Acting Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. (no opening statement)
  • Mr. Mike Taylor, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland


Tuesday, July 14 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry – Public Hearing
RE: To review economic conditions in the dairy industry.

Panel I

Panel II

Panel III

  • Mr. Paul Kruse, CEO and President of Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. on behalf of International Dairy Foods Association, Brenham, Texas
  • Mr. Tom Wakefield, National Milk Producers Federation, Bedford, Pennsylvania.
  • Mr. Brad Bouma, President, Select Milk Producers, Inc., Plainview, Texas
  • Mr. Ray Souza, President, Western United Dairyman, Turlock, California


Thursday, July 10 – 10:00 a.m.
1100 Longworth House Office Building
Joint Hearing, House Agriculture Committee and House Financial Services Committee – Public Hearing
RE: To examine the regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. 

Panel I 


Thursday, July 9 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture —Public Hearing.
RE: To review rural broadband programs.

Panel I

  • Ms. Cheryl Cook, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
    • Accompanied by Mr. David Villano, Assistant Administrator, Telecommunications Programs, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Mark Seifert, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Mr. Delbert Wilson, General Manager, Hill Country Telephone Cooperative, on behalf of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Ingram, Texas
  • Mr. Walter B. McCormick, Jr., President and CEO, United States Telecom Association, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Curt Stamp, President, Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. W. Tom Simmons, Senior Vice President of Public Policy, Midcontinent Communications, on behalf of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Mr. G. Edward Evans, Chairman and CEO, Stelera Wireless, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


Thursday, June 25 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management —Public Hearing.
RE: To review implementation of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.


Panel I 

  • Mr. James Miller, Under Secretary of Agriculture, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

 



Wednesday, June 24 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management —Public Hearing.
RE: To review implementation of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.


Panel I 


Thursday, June 11 – 2:00 p.m.
Full Committee on Agriculture —Public Hearing.
RE: To review pending climate legislation


Panel I

Panel II

  • Mr. Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Steve Ruddell, Senior Associate, First Environment, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Earl Garber, Second Vice President, National Association of Conservation Districts, Basile, Louisiana
  • Mr. Fred Yoder, Past President and Climate Change Task Force Member, National Association of Corn Growers, Plain City, Ohio
  • Mr. Roger Johnson, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Ken Nobis, Treasurer, National Milk Producers Federation, St. Johns, Michigan

Panel III

  • Mr. Ford West, President, The Fertilizer Institute, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Glenn English, Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Virginia

 

Thursday, June 11 – 10:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research —Public Hearing.
RE: To review credit conditions in rural America

Panel I

  • Mr. Doug Caruso, Administrator, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Leland Strom, Chairman, Farm Credit Administration, McLean, Virginia

 

Panel II

  • Mr. Bob Frazee, President, Mid-Atlantic Farm Credit, Westminster, Maryland
  • Mr. Michael A. Gerber, President and Chief Executive Officer, Farmer Mac, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Fred Bauer, President/Chief Executive Officer, Farmers Bank, Ault, Colorado
  • Dr. Mark Drabenstott, Director and Research Professor, RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness, Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Mr. Patrick Sullivan, Economic Development Specialist and Agricultural Mediation Program Project Leader, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico

 

Wednesday, June 10 – 10:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture – Public Hearing.
RE: To review rural development programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and status of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for these programs

Panel I

  • Mr. Dallas P. Tonsager, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Ms. Phyllis Fong, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Mr. Franklin Rivenbark, Commissioner, Pender County, on behalf of the National Association of Counties, Willard, North Carolina
  • Ms. Debra Martin, Director, Great Lakes Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Fremont, Ohio
  • Governor Chandler Sanchez, on behalf of the Pueblo of Acoma and the National Congress of American Indians, Acoma, New Mexico
  • Mr. Doug Anderton, General Manager, Dade County Water and Sewer Authority, on behalf of the National Rural Water Association, Trenton, Georgia
  • Mr. Tommy Duck, Executive Director, Texas Rural Water Association, Austin, Texas


Thursday, June 4 – 10:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management —Public Hearing.
RE: To review implications of the CFTC v. Zelener case


Panel I

  • Mr. Stephen J. Obie, Acting Director, Division on Enforcement, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Daniel Roth, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Futures Association, Chicago, Illionis
  • Mr. Philip A. Feigin, Attorney, Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons, on behalf of Monex Deposit Company, Denver, Colorado

 

Wednesday, June 3 – 1:30 p.m.
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry – Public Hearing.
RE: To review the future of forestry policy in the United States.

Panel I

  • Mr. Jay Jensen, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Mr. Clint Bentz, on behalf of the Oregon Tree Farm System and American Forest Foundation, Scio, Oregon
  • Mr. Steve Koehn, Maryland State Forester, on behalf of the National Association of State Foresters, Parkton, Maryland
  • Mr. Brian McPeek, North America Conservation Region Director, The Nature Conservancy, Denver, Colorado
  • Dr. Tom Monaghan, on behalf of the National Alliance of Forest Owners, Starkville, Mississippi
  • Mr. Jim D. Neiman, Vice President and CEO, Neiman Enterprises, Inc., Hulett, Wyoming
  • Mr. Matt Smith, on behalf of the Society of American Foresters, Falconer, New York

 

Thursday, May 21 – 10:30 a.m.
Full Committee on Agriculture —Public Hearing.
RE: To review low carbon fuel standard proposals.

Panel I

  • Mr. Brian Jennings, Executive Vice President, American Coalition for Ethanol, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Mr. Tom Buis, Chief Executive Officer, Growth Energy, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Bob Dinneen, President and CEO, Renewable Fuels Association, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Carlos A. Riva, President and CEO, Verenium Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

Thursday, May 14 – 10:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture —Public Hearing.
RE: To review food safety standards for horticulture and organic agriculture.

Panel I

  • David W.K. Acheson, M.D., F.R.C.P., Associate Commissioner for Foods, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland
    • Accompanied by Steven M. Solomon, D.V.M., M.P.H., Assistant Commissioner for Compliance Policy, Office of Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland
  • David Shipman, Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Joe Pezzini, Chief Operating Officer, Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, California
  • Ron Ratto, President, Ratto Bros., Inc., Modesto, California
  • Philip LoBue, President, LoBue Bros., Inc., Lindsay, California
  • Nicholas C. Maravell, owner and operator, Nick’s Organic Farm, LLC, Potomac, Maryland
  • Steve Hirsch, Partner, Hirsch Fruit Farm, Inc., on behalf of Ohio Produce Growers and Marketers Association and Ohio Farm Bureau, Chillicothe, Ohio
  • Charles A. Wingard, Director of Field Operations, Walter P. Rawl & Sons, Pelion, South Carolina
  • Robert F. Stovicek, Ph.D., President and Chairman of Primus Group, Inc., Santa Maria, California

Wednesday, May 6 – 11:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and Research—Public Hearing.
RE: To review the impact of the indirect land use and renewable biomass provisions in the renewable fuel standard.

Panel I

  • Dr. Joe Glauber, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Ms. Margo T. Oge, Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Dr. Bruce A. Babcock, Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
  • Mr. Michael Pechart, Deputy Secretary for Marketing and Economic Development, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Mr. R. Brooke Coleman, Executive Director, New Fuels Alliance, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Mr. Manning Feraci, Vice President of Government Affairs, National Biodiesel Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Nick Bowdish, General Manager, Platinum Ethanol, Arthur, Iowa
  • Ms. Anitra Webster, family forest owner, on behalf of American Forest Foundation, Lynchburg, Virginia

 

Tuesday, May 5 – 2:00 p.m.
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry —Joint Public Hearing with the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology.
RE: To review the National Animal Identification System.

Panel I

  • Dr. John R. Clifford, Deputy Administrator for Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. Thomas McGinn, Chief Veterinarian, Office of Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Dr. David C. Smith, Assistant Director, Division of Animal Industry, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany, New York
  • Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie, Former Director of Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, University of California, Davis, Hopland, California
  • Mr. Kevin M. Kirk, Special Assistant to the Division Director, Michigan Department of Agriculture, Animal Industry Division, Lansing, Michigan

 

Wednesday, April 29 – 10:30 a.m.
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry—Public Hearing.
RE: To review the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.

 

Panel I

  • The Honorable Dr. Joe Leonard, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Ms. Lisa Shames, Director, Natural Resources and Environment Division, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C.

 

Thursday, April 23 – 1:00 p.m.
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry—Public Hearing.
RE: To review Federal food safety systems at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Panel I

  • Mr. Alfred V. Almanza, Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

 

Wednesday, April 22 – 10:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management—Public Hearing.
RE: To review producers’ views on the effectiveness and operations of the Federal crop insurance program.

Panel I

  • Dr. Chad E. Hart, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
  • Mr. Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Roger Johnson, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C.

 

Panel II

  • Mr. Rickey Bearden, cotton, grain and peanut producer, and Chairman, Crop Insurance Task Force, National Cotton Council, Plains, Texas
  • Mr. Steve Bennett, General Manager and Partner, Riverbend Nurseries, on behalf of the American Nursery and Landscape Association, Thompson's Station, Tennessee
  • Mr. Jarrod Spillman, sorghum, wheat, corn, soybean, sunflower and cow-calf producer, on behalf of the National Sorghum Producers, Hoxie, Kansas
  • Mr. John Owen, rice producer, and President, Northeast Louisiana Rice Growers Association, on behalf of USA Rice Federation, Rayville, Louisiana
  • Mr. Michael Robichaux, sugarcane farmer, on behalf of the American Sugar Cane League and the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Franklin, Louisiana
  • Mr. Bing Von Bergen, wheat producer, President, Montana Grain Growers Association, Board Member, National Association of Wheat Growers, Moccasin, Montana
  • Mr. Mike Clemens, wheat, corn, soybean, sunflower, and dry bean producer, and Vice Chair, Public Policy Action Team, National Corn Growers Association, Wimbledon, North Dakota

 

Thursday, April 2 – 11:00 a.m.
Full Committee on Agriculture—Public Hearing.
RE: To review current food safety systems.

Panel I

  • Mr. Chandler Keys, III, Head of Government and Industry Relations, JBS, LLC., Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. David D. Dever, CEO and President, Pandol Brothers Incorporated, Delano, California
  • Mr. Tony DiMare, Vice President, DiMare Homestead, Inc., and DiMare Ruskin, Inc., Ruskin, Florida

Panel II

  • John Hanlin, Ph.D., Vice President Food Safety, SUPERVALU INC., Eden Prairie, Minnesota
    • Accompanied by Mr. Mike Erlandson, Vice President Government Affairs, SUPERVALU INC., Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Panel III

  • Elsa Murano, Ph.D., President, Texas A&M Univeristy, College Station, Texas
  • Michael Taylor, J.D., Research Professor, Department of Health Policy, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, D.C.
  • Ms. Carol L. Tucker-Foreman, Distinguished Fellow, The Food Policy Institute, Consumer Federation of America, Chevy Chase, Maryland

 

Wednesday, April 1 – 11:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management—Public Hearing.
RE: To review the state of the farm economy.

 

Panel I

  • Dr. Joe Glauber, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. Jason R. Henderson, Vice President & Branch Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City—Omaha Branch, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Dr. Howard K. Gruenspecht, Acting Administrator, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Dr. Neil E. Harl, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Emeritus Professor of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
  • Mr. Troy J. Dumler, Extension Agricultural Economist, Southwest Kansas State Research and Extension, Garden City, Kansas
  • Dr. J. Scott Angle, Dean and Director, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  • Dr. Mechel (Mickey) S. Paggi, Director, Center for Agricultural Business and Adjunct Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, California State University, Fresno, California

 

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 – 1:00 p.m.
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture—Public Hearing.
RE: To review innovative approaches to rural development.

Panel I

  • Mr. William Lambe, Associate Director, Community and Economic Development Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Dr. Deborah M. Markley, Managing Director and Director of Research, RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Mr. Jeff Yost, President and CEO, Nebraska Community Foundation, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Mr. Robert J. Thompson, Executive Director, Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments, and Vice-Chair, Rural Development Task Force of the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO), Auburn, Maine
  • Dr. Randy Smith, President, Rural Community College Alliance, Altus, Oklahoma

 

Thursday, March 26, 2009 – 10:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry—Public Hearing.
RE: To review the state of obesity in the United States.

Panel I

  • William Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

 


Thursday, March 26, 2009 – 10:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture—Public Hearing.
RE: To review tobacco production in the United States.

Panel I

  • Mr. Steve Troxler, Commissioner, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Dr. A. Blake Brown, Agricultural Economist, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Dr. William M. Snell, Agricultural Economist, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Mr. Tommy Bunn, President, U.S. Tobacco Cooperative, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Mr. Roger Quarles, Producer and President, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, Georgetown, Kentucky

 

 

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 – 10:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research—Public Hearing.
RE: To review the USDA administration of conservation program contracts.

Panel I

  • Mr. Robert Stephenson, Acting Deputy Administrator for Field Operations, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Dave White, Acting Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Ms. Kathleen S. Tighe, Deputy Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
  • Ms. Lisa Shames, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. John Jurich, Investigator, Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 – 10:30 a.m.
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry — Public Hearing.
RE:  To review animal identification systems.

Witnesses:

Panel I

  • Dr. John R. Clifford, D.V.M., Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

  • Mr. Bill Nutt, President-Elect, Georgia Cattlemen’s Association, on behalf of National Cattleman’s Beef Association Cattle Health and Well-Being Committee, Cedartown, Georgia
  • Dr. R.M. (Max) Thornsberry, D.V.M., President of the Board, R-CALF USA, Richland, Missouri
  • Mr. Donald P. Butler, President, National Pork Producers Council, Clinton, North Carolina
  • Dr. Karen Jordan, D.V.M., Owner, Large Animal Veterinary Services, Co-owner, Brush Creek Swiss Farms, on behalf of National Milk Producers Federation, Siler City, North Carolina
  • Dr. W. Ron DeHaven, D.V.M., MBA, Chief Executive Officer, American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, Illinois

Panel III

  • Dr. Rob Williams, Counsellor (Agriculture), Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C.
    • Accompanied by Mr. Dean Merrilees, Minister Counsellor (Agriculture), Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Kerry St. Cyr, Executive Director, Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 – 10:30 a.m.
Full Committee on Agriculture — Public Hearing.
RE:  To review derivatives legislation.

Witnesses:

Panel I

  • Mr. Michael W. Masters, Managing Member / Portfolio Manager, Masters Capital Management, LLC, St. Croix, USVI
  • Mr. Johnathan Short, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
  • Mr. Gary W. Taylor, President, Cargill Cotton, on behalf of The National Cotton Council, American Cotton Shippers Association, and AMCOT, Cordova, Tennessee
  • Mr. Robert Pickel, Chief Executive Officer, International Swaps & Derivatives Association, New York, New York
  • The Honorable Joseph D. Morelle, Chair, New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance, on behalf of National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), Troy, New York

 

Panel II

  • Mr. Chris Concannon, Executive Vice President, NASDAQ OMX, New York, New York
  • Mr. Bill Hale, Senior Vice President, Grain and Oilseed Supply Chain, on behalf of Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, Minnesota
  • Mr. Karl D. Cooper, Chief Regulatory Officer, NYSE Liffe, LLC, on behalf of NYSE Euronext, New York, New York
  • Mr. Paul N. Cicio, President, Industrial Energy Consumers of America, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Mark C. Brickell, Chief Executive Officer, Blackbird Holdings, Inc., New York, New York

 

Panel III

  •  Mr. Thomas Book, Member of the Executive Board, on behalf of Eurex Deutschland and Eurex Clearing AG, Frankfurt, Germany
  •  Mr. Stuart Kaswell, General Counsel, Managed Funds Association, Washington, D.C.
  •  Mr. Edward J. Rosen, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on behalf of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, New York, New York
  •  Mr. Brent M. Weisenborn, Chief Executive Officer, Agora-X, LLC, Parkville, Missouri
  •  Mr. Donald P. Fewer, Senior Managing Director, Standard Credit Group, LLC, New York, New York

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 – 1:00 p.m.
Full Committee on Agriculture — Public Hearing.
RE:  To review derivatives legislation.

Witnesses:

Panel I

  • Mr. Tom Buis, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. John Damgard, President, Futures Industry Association, Washington, D.C.
  • Mr. Michael Greenberger, Law School Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Mr. Michael A. Gooch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, GFI Group Inc., New York, New York
  • Mr. Sean Cota, President, Cota & Cota Inc., on behalf of Petroleum Marketers Association of America and New England Fuel Institute, Bellow Falls, Vermont
  • Mr. Terrance A. Duffy, Executive Chairman, CME Group Inc., Chicago, Illinois


Panel II

  • Mr. Daniel J. Roth, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Futures Association, Chicago, Illinois
  • Mr. Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen's Energy Program, Washington, D.C.

 

 

 

 

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