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111th Congress
1st Session COMMITTEE PRINT
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COMPILATION OF RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE QUESTIONNAIRE
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PREPARED BY STAFF
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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PART 1 OF 2
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PART 1 OF 2
111th Congress
1st Session COMMITTEE PRINT
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COMPILATION OF RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE QUESTIONNAIRE
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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PART 1 OF 2
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota, Chairman
TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania, FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma, Ranking
Vice Chairman Minority Member
MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa JERRY MORAN, Kansas
JOE BACA, California TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois
DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California SAM GRAVES, Missouri
DAVID SCOTT, Georgia MIKE ROGERS, Alabama
JIM MARSHALL, Georgia STEVE KING, Iowa
STEPHANIE HERSETH, South Dakota RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas
HENRY CUELLAR, Texas K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas
JIM COSTA, California JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska
BRAD ELLSWORTH, Indiana JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio
TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska
STEVE KAGEN, Wisconsin ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio
KURT SCHRADER, Oregon DAVID P. ROE, Tennessee
DEBORAH L. HALVORSON, Illinois BLAINE LUETKEMEYER, Missouri
KATHLEEN A. DAHLKEMPER, GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
ERIC J.J. MASSA, New York CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming
BOBBY BRIGHT, Alabama
BETSY MARKEY, Colorado
FRANK KRATOVIL, Jr., Maryland
MARK H. SCHAUER, Michigan
LARRY KISSELL, North Carolina
JOHN A. BOCCIERI, Ohio
SCOTT MURPHY, New York
EARL POMEROY, North Dakota
TRAVIS W. CHILDERS, Mississippi
WALT MINNICK, Idaho
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Professional Staff
Robert L. Larew, Chief of Staff
Andrew W. Baker, Chief Counsel
April Slayton, Communications Director
Nicole Scott, Minority Staff Director
C O N T E N T S
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Page
Preface.......................................................... 1
Letter and Questionnaire......................................... 2
25x`25........................................................... 11
Advanced Microbial Solutions..................................... 35
Agricultural Retailers Association............................... 44
Agricultural Carbon Market Working Group......................... 58
Air Transport Association of America, Inc........................ 74
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries................. 76
Alabama Farmers Federation....................................... 95
American Agriculture Movement, Inc............................... 96
American Bakers Association...................................... 98
American Carbon RegistryTM, an enterprise of Winrock
International.................................................. 101
American Enterprise Institute.................................... 158
American Farm Bureau Federation.................................. 184
American Farmers & Ranchers/Oklahoma Farmers Union............... 200
American Farmland Trust.......................................... 210
American Forest & Paper Association.............................. 223
American Forest Foundation....................................... 237
American Forests................................................. 247
American Gas Association......................................... 268
American Loggers Council......................................... 270
American Nursery & Landscape Association......................... 273
American Petroleum Institute..................................... 282
American Public Gas Association.................................. 291
American Public Power Association................................ 300
American Society of Agronomy (International Certified Crop
Advisors); Crop Science Society of America; Soil Science
Society of America............................................. 311
American Soybean Association..................................... 322
American Wind Energy Association................................. 332
Arcadia Biosciences.............................................. 339
Archer Daniels Midland Company................................... 348
Association of Consulting Foresters.............................. 349
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies........................ 376
Atlantic Biomass Conversions, Inc................................ 390
Barney, Susan.................................................... 402
Beddoe, Rachael.................................................. 412
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)........................ 420
Brown, Robert C.................................................. 431
California Association of Winegrape Growers...................... 438
California Citrus Mutual......................................... 445
California Climate Action Registry/Climate Action Reserve........ 453
California Farm Bureau Federation................................ 462
California Forestry Association.................................. 472
Cargill, Incorporated............................................ 482
Center for American Progress Action Fund......................... 493
Center for Food Safety........................................... 506
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities........................... 520
Chen, Ph.D., Yihsu............................................... 529
Chicago Climate Exchange......................................... 537
Christensen Farms................................................ 560
CHS Inc.......................................................... 562
Clay, Dr. David Edward........................................... 577
CME Group........................................................ 586
CNH America LLC.................................................. 597
Coalition for Emission Reduction Project (CERP).................. 598
CoBankTM.............................................. 615
Commodity Markets Council........................................ 616
Conservation International....................................... 624
Council of Western State Foresters............................... 636
CropLife America................................................. 654
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.................................... 657
Dairylea Cooperative Inc......................................... 669
Deere & Company.................................................. 670
Defenders of Wildlife............................................ 682
DRD Associates; International Biochar Initiative................. 691
Ducks Unlimited, Inc............................................. 705
DuPont........................................................... 717
Ecotrust......................................................... 728
Edison Electric Institute........................................ 741
Electric Power Research Institute................................ 744
Electric Power Supply Association................................ 753
Emerson, Stephen A............................................... 762
Environmental and Energy Study Institute......................... 770
Environmental Defense Fund....................................... 782
Environmental Working Group...................................... 802
Everett, Leslie.................................................. 814
Evolution Markets, Inc........................................... 821
Farm Family AllianceSM................................ 839
Florida Crystals Corp.; Okeelanta Corp.; New Hope Power.......... 864
Forest Climate Working Group..................................... 867
Forest Guild..................................................... 877
Framing Our Community, Inc....................................... 889
Friends Committee on National Legislation........................ 909
Friends of the Earth--U.S........................................ 917
GolfpreservesTM....................................... 931
Greenhouse Gas Services LLC...................................... 939
Growth Energy.................................................... 942
Heinze Frye, Ph.D., Gene Richard................................. 948
Holdridge, Martha................................................ 971
Howard Soil Conservation District................................ 982
Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society
International.................................................. 992
Illinois Farm Bureau............................................. 1006
ImageTree Corporation............................................ 1022
IMI Global, Inc.................................................. 1032
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy....................... 1042
Institute of Forest Biotechnology................................ 1052
International Dairy Foods Association............................ 1059
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc............. 1062
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; AgraGate Climate Credits Corporation 1074
Iowa Soybean Association......................................... 1093
Izaak Walton League of America................................... 1096
Kansas Black Farmers Association................................. 1105
Kansas Department of Agriculture................................. 1111
Land O'Lakes, Inc................................................ 1119
Land Stewardship Project......................................... 1128
Lange-Stegmann Company........................................... 1151
Limpert, Dana.................................................... 1162
Louis Dreyfus Commodities........................................ 1171
Love, Joshua D................................................... 1172
Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association....... 1184
McCarl, Bruce.................................................... 1194
McKinley, George................................................. 1202
Miami Dade College............................................... 1210
Michigan Milk Producers Association.............................. 1220
Miller, Tom...................................................... 1222
Missouri Society of American Foresters........................... 1229
Monsanto Company................................................. 1240
Montana Grain Growers Association................................ 1249
Moseley, Cassandra and Lynn, Kathy............................... 1261
COMPILATION OF RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE QUESTIONNAIRE
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PART 1 OF 2
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MAY 2009
House of Representatives,
Committee on Agriculture,
Washington, D.C.
PREFACE
In March 2009, the House Committee on Agriculture
formulated a questionnaire and distributed it to over 400
organizations in order to gather information about the
different options being considered in Congress to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. For years, farmers, ranchers, and
forest landowners have been participating in agricultural
programs that result in carbon reduction, and this solicitation
was meant to find out how these efforts may fit in the overall
task of addressing global climate change. The questionnaire was
sent to a diverse group, including commodity, conservation,
forestry, research, energy, business, and nonprofit interests
and was released to the public for the opportunity to submit
responses. The Committee received more than 200 responses to
the questionnaire, showing the considerable interest in the
work that farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners are already
doing to support carbon sequestration and emission reduction as
well as a great interest in identifying potential benefits for
the future. The responses are presented here, in alphabetical
order, by organization or individual name.
The Committee would like to thank all those who
participated in this process. The information gathered and
presented will be helpful in future discussions related to
climate change.
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