DES MOINES, Iowa – On April 30, 2010, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson held a field hearing in Des Moines, Iowa, to review U.S. agriculture policy as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. This was the first in a series of hearings scheduled across the country to consider new ideas regarding Federal food and farm policy. Seven Members of Congress attended the hearing and heard testimony from nine witnesses on a variety of farm policy issues.
WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson began a series of field hearings to hear from people about U.S. farm policy in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill.
WASHINGTON - On April 22, 2010, Congressman Leonard Boswell of Iowa, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, held a hearing to review two proposals received by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to create exchanges that would trade derivatives based on box office receipts.
WASHINGTON - On April 21, 2010, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson held a hearing to discuss U.S. agriculture policy in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
HARRISBURG, Pa. – On April 20, 2010, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota held a hearing in Harrisburg, Pa., to review dairy policy challenges and opportunities.
WASHINGTON - On April 14, 2010, Congressman Joe Baca, D-Calif., Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, held a hearing on access to healthy food and programs and proposals that can expand the availability of healthy food in areas with limited access.
WASHINGTON - On March 23, 2010, Congressman Mike McIntyre, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture, held a hearing to review efforts to improve rural water infrastructure.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Agricultural Credit Act of 2009 and the Florida National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2009. The House Agriculture Committee approved both bills for consideration by the House earlier that month.
WASHINGTON - On March 10, 2010, Congressman Joe Baca, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Forestry, held a hearing on the status of information technology systems at the United States Department of Agriculture.
