WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and a bipartisan delegation of Members of Congress met last week with President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and President Mauricio Macri of Argentina as part of a trip to review the agricultural trading relationships between the United States and those nations, as well as what downstream effects of changes in U.S.… Read more »
WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee on reviewing the state of the dairy economy.
[As prepared for delivery]
“America’s dairy industry is in crisis, and today’s hearing is just one part of this subcommittee’s continued effort to respond to the… Read more »
Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
Public Hearing
RE: “Reviewing the State of the Dairy Economy”
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
WITNESS LIST
Ms. Sadie Frericks, Owner and Operator, Blue Diamond Dairy, Melrose, MN
Mr. Andrei Mikhalevsky, President and CEO, California Dairies, Inc., Visalia, CA
Mr. Mike… Read more »
WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota issued the following statement on the passing of former Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN):
“Senator Lugar was not only a foreign policy expert, but as the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, he was a tireless fighter for America’s farmers. He was a strong proponent of the farm bill’s… Read more »
Week of April 29, 2019
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 – 10:00 AM
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing
RE: “Reviewing the State of the Dairy Economy”
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 – 10:00 AM
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee… Read more »
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the launch of a pilot program to test online transactions using benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Fifteen 4-H youth leaders from around the country visited with the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research today, including Subcommittee Chairwoman Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands
(April 3, 2019) – House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Marcia Fudge of Ohio delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on the proposed AWBAD Rule and its impact on Hunger and Hardship.
[As prepared for delivery]
“The purpose of today’s hearing is to examine proposed changes to a… Read more »
In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Thursday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Ranking Member Glenn “G.T.” Thompson of Pennsylvania, and more than 70 Democratic and Republican House colleagues urged the Department to prioritize the implementation of dairy provisions included in the 2018 Farm Bill.
