[Pollinator] Farm Bill Hearings by House Ag Committee

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Goodlatte and Peterson Announce First Farm Bill Hearings 

Committee to Hear from Producers on Farm Policy

In late January, House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte 
and Ranking Minority Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) announced the first 
two full-Committee field hearings to begin reviewing the 2002 Farm Bill, 
which is set to expire in 2007. The field hearings are part of a series 
of hearings the Committee will convene in the coming year. 

The first hearing was held on Monday, February 6, 2006 in Fayetteville, 
N.C., followed by a hearing on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 in Auburn, Ala. 
Times.

Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Peterson have announced that the 
purpose of these hearings is to get input from all those involved in 
agricultural policy including farmers, ranchers, agribusiness, and 
government officials -- what aspects of the 2002 Farm Bill are working 
well and what aspects could be modified. 

The 2002 Farm Bill included ten separate titles: commodity programs, 
conservation, trade, nutrition programs, credit, rural development, 
research, forestry, energy and a miscellaneous category that included 
marketing issues, biotechnology, etc. The Committee intends to review 
all aspects of the farm bill to determine the status of U.S. 
agricultural policy in anticipation of writing the next farm bill later 
next year. 

To be notified of upcoming House Ag Committee Farm Bill hearings, visit 
http://agriculture.house.gov/Eupdates/updates.html.


Suzy Friedman
Center for Conservation Incentives at Environmental Defense
Staff Scientist/Ag Policy Analyst
sfriedman at environmentaldefense.org
http://www.environmentaldefense.org

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