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Source: U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND NUTRITION,
Date
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Time
10:00 AM
Location
216 Senate Hart Office Building
This hearing will evaluate the need for and cost effectiveness of risk management tools available to farmers and how the federal government can provide appropriate risk management tools while making the best use of limited resources. Acting Undersecretary Michael Scuse, of USDA's Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services, will be among those testifying.
WitnessesPanel I
Mr. Michael Scuse Acting Undersecretary
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington , DC
Panel II
Mr. Steve Rutledge Chairman, President, and CEO
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
West Des Moines , IA
Ms. Ruth Gerdes Farmer and Crop Insurance Agent
Auburn , NE
Mr. Jarvis Garetson Farmer
Copeland , KS
Ms. Hope Hills Grower
Bangor , MI
Panel III
Mr. Chuck Coley Chairman
National Cotton Council
Vienna , GA
Mr. Travis Henry Satterfield Partner
Satterfield Farms
Bolivar County , MS
Mr. Jimbo Grissom President
Western Peanut Growers Association
Seminole , TX
Mr. Erik Younggren President
National Association of Wheat Growers
Hallock , MN
Ms. Pam Johnson First Vice President
National Corn Growers Association
Floyd , IA
Mr. Steve Wellman President
American Soybean Association
Syracuse , NE
Panel IV
Mr. Ryan Best President
Future Farmers of America
Portales , NM
Mr. Bob Stallman President
American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington , DC
Mr. Roger Johnson President
National Farmers Union
Washington , DC
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