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<DIV>Goodlatte and Peterson Announce First Farm Bill Hearings <BR><BR>Committee to Hear from Producers on Farm Policy<BR><BR>In late January, House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte <BR>and Ranking Minority Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) announced the first <BR>two full-Committee field hearings to begin reviewing the 2002 Farm Bill, <BR>which is set to expire in 2007. The field hearings are part of a series <BR>of hearings the Committee will convene in the coming year. <BR><BR>The first hearing was held on Monday, February 6, 2006 in Fayetteville, <BR>N.C., followed by a hearing on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 in Auburn, Ala. <BR>Times.<BR><BR>Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Peterson have announced that the <BR>purpose of these hearings is to get input from all those involved in <BR>agricultural policy including farmers, ranchers, agribusiness, and <BR>government officials -- what aspects of the 2002 Farm Bill are working <BR>well and what aspects could be modified. <BR><BR>The 2002 Farm Bill included ten separate titles: commodity programs, <BR>conservation, trade, nutrition programs, credit, rural development, <BR>research, forestry, energy and a miscellaneous category that included <BR>marketing issues, biotechnology, etc. The Committee intends to review <BR>all aspects of the farm bill to determine the status of U.S. <BR>agricultural policy in anticipation of writing the next farm bill later <BR>next year. <BR><BR>To be notified of upcoming House Ag Committee Farm Bill hearings, visit <BR>http://agriculture.house.gov/Eupdates/updates.html.<BR><BR><BR>Suzy Friedman<BR>Center for Conservation Incentives at Environmental Defense<BR>Staff Scientist/Ag Policy Analyst<BR>sfriedman@environmentaldefense.org<BR>http://www.environmentaldefense.org<BR><BR>--^----------------------------------------------------------------<BR>This email was sent to: lda@coevolution.org<BR></DIV>
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