House Ag Committee Continues Farm Bill Field Hearings

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 13, 2010. It is reproduced in full below.

Tomorrow, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson continues a series of field hearings to hear from people about U.S. farm policy in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill.

Starting Friday, the House Agriculture Committee will hold hearings in Morrow, Georgia; Troy, Alabama; Lubbock, Texas; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Details for the Farm Bill field hearings are included below. For those who cannot attend the hearings, the House Agriculture Committee plans to provide live video coverage of most hearing on the Committee’s website: http://democrats-agriculture.house.gov/hearings/audio.html. Due to technical limitations at the hearing site in Morrow, Georgia, that hearing will not be webcast, but the Committee plans to provide video from the other hearings.

The Committee will also collect public comments about the Farm Bill on its website: http://democrats-agriculture.house.gov/inside/feedbackform.html. All comments received online by June 14, 2010 will be included in the Committee’s Farm Bill field hearing record.

House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Field Hearing Schedule

Friday, May 14th - 1:30 p.m. EDT

National Archives Southeast Region

Morrow, GA

Full Committee on Agriculture - Public Hearing

RE: To review U.S. agriculture policy in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill.

Saturday, May 15th - 1:00 p.m. CDT

Cattlemen's Park

Pike County Cattlemen's Association

Troy, AL

Full Committee on Agriculture - Public Hearing

RE: To review U.S. agriculture policy in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill.