Full Committee
Field Hearing to Review U.S. Agriculture Policy in Advance of the 2012 Farm Bill
Date and Time
May 14, 2010 |
01:30 PM
Location
National Archives Southeast Region, Morrow, Ga.
Description
MORROW, Ga. – On May 14, 2010, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson held a field hearing in Morrow, Ga., to review U.S. agriculture policy as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. This was the fifth in a series of hearings scheduled across the country to consider new ideas regarding Federal food and farm policy. Nine Members of Congress attended the hearing and heard testimony from eleven witnesses on a variety of farm policy issues.
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Witness Testimonies
Panel 1
Dr. Scott Angle,
Dean and Director, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Dr. Mark Latimore Jr.,
Interim Dean of the College of Agriculture, Home Economic and Applied Programs, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia
Mr. Gary McMurray,
Chief, Food Processing and Technology Division, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Robert Farris,
Director, Georgia Forestry Commission, Dry Branch, Georgia
Panel 2
Mr. Andy Bell,
cotton, peanut, corn and cattle producer, Climax, Georgia
Mr. Vincent Duvall,
cattle and poultry producer, Macon, Georgia
Mr. Ronnie Lee,
cotton producer, Bronwood, Georgia
Mr. Richard Minor,
fruit and vegetable producer, Andersonville, Georgia
Mr. Armond Morris,
peanut producer, Ocilla, Georgia
Mr. Hilton Segler,
pecan producer, Albany, Georgia
Mr. Ricky Williams,
dairy producer, Baxley, Georgia
