WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced witnesses for the Committee’s upcoming hearing on commodities, credit, and crop insurance.
Title: Commodities, Credit, and Crop Insurance: Perspectives on Risk Management Tools and Trends for the 2018 Farm Bill
Who: Panel I
Mr. Bruce Rohwer, Farmer, Rohwer Farms, Paullina, Iowa
Mr. Kevin Scott, Owner/Operator, Evergreen Stock Farm, Valley Springs, S.D.
Mr. David Schemm, Farmer, Arrow S Farms, Sharon Springs, Kan.
Mr. Nick McMichen, Owner/Operator, McMichen Farms, Centre, Ala.
Mrs. Jennifer James, Owner/Operator, H & J Land Company, Newport, Ark
Panel II
Mr. Dan Atkisson, Owner/Operator, Atkisson Land & Cattle, Stockton, Kan.
Ms. Meredith Rogers, Farmer, Family Farm Partners, Camilla, Ga.
Mr. Robert Rynning, Owner/Operator, Robert Rynning Farms, Kennedy, Minn.
Mr. Ervin Schlemmer, Owner/Operator, Schlemmer Farms, Joliet, Mont.
Mr. Ken Nobis, Owner/Operator, Nobis Dairy Farm, Novi, Mich.
Panel III
Mr. Mark Haney, President, Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation, Louisville, Ky.
Mr. Roger Johnson, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Lindsey Lusher Shute, Hearty Roots Community Farm and Co-Founder & Executive Director, National Young Farmers Coalition, Hudson, N.Y.
Mr. William Cole, Stone Corner Farms and Chairman, Crop Insurance Professionals Association, Batesville, Miss.
Mr. Ron Rutledge, President & CEO, Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa, West Des Moines, Iowa
Mrs. Mandy Minick, Washington State President, Northwest Farm Credit Services, Pasco, Wash.
Mrs. Brenda Kluesner, Loan Officer & Crop Insurance Manager, Royal Bank, Cassville, Wis.
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
***Please note: Press bringing audio/video equipment should check in with the Senate Radio-Television Gallery at radiotv.senate.gov or 202-224-6421. The hearing will be webcast live on ag.senate.gov.
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Meghan Cline (Roberts): 202-224-2035
Jess McCarron (Stabenow): 202-224-1437
Source: U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry
