ISSUE 1100 FARM
BILL COMMITTEE HEARINGS SCHEDULED The
U.S. House Committee on Agriculture announced Monday (January 23) that the first
two full-committee field hearings have been scheduled 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 will be held Monday, February 6, 2006 in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
The second one is Tuesday, February 7, 2006 in Auburn, Alabama. Times, locations
and witness lists will be announced in the coming weeks. The
hearings will give producers the opportunity to provide the committee with feedback
about those aspects of the 2002 Farm Bill that are working well and which ones
could be modified. ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only articles are indicated in bold.) | |
