Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee Sets May 2 Hearing on Producer Perspectives on Farm Safety Net

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittees on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Commodity Programs, Credit, and Crop Insurance - Part 1: Producer Perspectives on the Farm Safety Net" at 9 a.m. on May 2, 2023, at 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building:

Panel 1

* Zippy Duvall, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, DC

* Rob Larew, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, DC

Panel 2

* Greg Ackerman, Past Chair of the Michigan Bean Commission; Delegate to the U.S. Dry Bean Council, Vassar, MI

* Kody Carson, Past Chairman, National Sorghum Producers, Lubbock, TX

* Brent Cheyne, President, National Association of Wheat Growers, Klamath Falls, OR

* Blake Gendebien, Vice Chair, Agrimark Family Dairy Farms Co-op, Ogdensburg, NY

Testifying on behalf of the National Milk Producers Federation

* Rich Hillman, Farmer, Hillman Farms, Carlisle, AR

Testifying on behalf of USA Rice Federation

* Patrick Johnson, Producer and Director, National Cotton Council, Tunica, MS

* Caleb Ragland, Secretary, American Soybean Association, Magnolia, KY

* Neil Rockstad, Vice President, American Sugarbeet Growers Association, Hendrum, MN

* Karla Baker Thompson, Vice President, J.E.T. Farms and Georgia Integrity Farmers, Camilla, GA

Testifying on behalf of the U.S. Peanut Federation

* Harold Wolle, First Vice President, National Corn Growers Association, Madelia, MN

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Original text here: https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/hearings/commodity-programs-credit-and-crop-insurance_-part-1-producer-perspectives-on-the-farm-safety-net