United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Congress House of Representatives author aut Government Organization text government publication eng CHRG Congressional Committee Materials 112_house_hearings legislative 2012-12-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CHRG-112hhrg74372 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg74372/html/CHRG-112hhrg74372.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg74372/pdf/CHRG-112hhrg74372.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office 2012-04-25 monographic deposited born digital 882 digital object pages Y 4.AG 8/1:112-30 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CHRG-112hhrg74372 P0b002ee18398a07c 000885305 f:74372.txt DGPO 2012-12-19 2023-02-09 CHRG-112hhrg74372 machine generated eng fdlp HHRG CHRG-112hhrg74372 G HOUSE 112 2 2012-04-25 2012-04-26 2012-05-08 2012-05-10 2012-05-16 2012-05-17 2012-05-18 FORMULATION OF THE 2012 FARM BILL OTHERPART CHRG-112hhrg74372 true Conner, Hon. Charles F., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Washington, D.C Larson, Hon. Donald, Commissioner, Brookings County, South Dakota; Chairman, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Steering Committee, National Association of Counties, Brookings, SD Mazer, Leanne, Executive Director, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, Frostburg, MD; on behalf of National Association of Development Organizations Dunmire, Frank, Executive Director, Illinois Rural Water Association, Taylorville, IL; on behalf of National Rural Water Association Stewart, Robert B., Executive Director, Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Washington, D.C Rozzelle, David G., Executive Vice President, Suddenlink Communications; Member, Rural and Small System Operator Committee, National Cable Telecommunications Association, St. Louis, MO Bahnson, Mark, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, Bloomingdale Communications, Bloomingdale, MI; on behalf of National Telecommunications Cooperative Association; Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies; Western Telecommunications Alliance Schmidt, Gene, President, National Association of Conservation Districts, Washington, D.C Scholl, Jon, President, American Farmland Trust, Washington, D.C O'Toole, Patrick, President, Family Farm Alliance, Washington, D.C Nomsen, David E., Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Pheasants Forever, Inc., St. Paul, MN Niemeyer, Garry, President, National Corn Growers Association, Auburn, IL Bell, David K., Executive Director, Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine, Orono, ME; on behalf of Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance Gordon, Randall C., Acting President, National Grain and Feed Association, Washington, D.C Homan, Carl V., dairy producer, Homan Family Dairy Farms, Centre Hall, PA; on behalf of National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Hopper, Sara, Agricultural Policy Director, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C Petty, David D., cattle producer, Iowa River Ranch; Member, Environmental Working Group, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Eldora, IA Brown, Ph.D., Scott, Assistant Research Professor, Integrated Policy Group, Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Wright, Patrick Joseph ``Joe'', V&W Farms, Inc.; President, Southeast Milk Inc., Avon Park, FL Barcellos, Tom, Owner/Operator, T-Bar Dairy; Board President, Western United Dairymen, Porterville, CA Davis, Jon, Chief Executive Officer, Davisco Foods International, Inc., Le Sueur, MN; on behalf of International Dairy Foods Association Kozak, Jerome J., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Milk Producers Federation, Arlington, VA Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture, May 8, Baca, Hon. Joe, a Representative in Congress from California, prepared statement Lucas, Hon. Frank D., a Representative in Congress from Oklahoma, opening statement Pingree, Hon. Chellie, a Representative in Congress from Maine, opening statement Sablan, Hon. Gregorio Kilili Camacho, a Delegate in Congress from Northern Mariana Islands, prepared statement Schmidt, Hon. Jean, a Representative in Congress from Ohio, opening statement Southerland II, Hon. Steve, a Representative in Congress from Florida, prepared statement Lee, Jerry, Environmental Services Manager, Monrovia Growers, Cairo, GA Jarrard, Michael, President and Chief Operating Officer, Mann Packing Company, Salinas, CA Schacht, Lisa L., Owner/Operator, Schacht Family Farm and Market; President, Ohio Produce Growers & Marketers Association, Canal Winchester, OH Libby, Russell W., Executive Director, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Unity, ME Richey, Daniel R., President and Chief Executive Officer, Riverfront Packing Company; Member, Board of Directors, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association, Vero Beach, FL Bivens, Rodney W., Founder and Executive Director, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK Haskins, Ph.D., Ron, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution; Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Washington, D.C Dean, Stacy, Vice President for Food Assistance Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C Blalock, Philip A., Executive Director, National Association of Farmers Market Nutrition Programs, Alexandria, VA Frazee, Bob, President and Chief Executive Officer, MidAtlantic Farm Credit, Westminster, MD; on behalf of Farm Credit Council Gerhart, Jeffrey L., Chairman, Bank of Newman Grove; Chairman, Independent Community Bankers of America, Newman Grove, NE Williams, Matthew H., Chairman and President, Gothenburg State Bank; Chairman-Elect, American Bankers Association, Gothenburg, NE Walton, Michael G., urban farmer; Owner, Tunnel Vision Hoops; Co- Founder, NEO Restoration Alliance, South Euclid, OH Doerr, Justin D., beginning farmer, Plainview, NE Outlaw, Ph.D., Joe L., Professor and Extension Economist-Farm Management & Policy, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University; Co-Director, Agricultural and Food Policy Center, College Station, TX Schnitkey, Ph.D., Gary D., Full and Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Collins, Ph.D., Hon. Keith, Economic Advisor, National Crop Insurance Services; Former USDA Chief Economist, Centreville, VA Bowling, Chip, Member, Board of Directors, National Corn Growers Association, Newburg, MD Raun, Linda C., Chairwoman, USA Rice Producers' Group; Partner, LR Farms, El Campo, TX; on behalf of USA Rice Federation; U.S. Rice Producers Association Stallman, Bob, President, American Farm Bureau Federation; rice and cattle producer, Columbus, TX Vaughan, Dee, President, Southwest Council of Agribusiness, Dumas, TX Coley, C.B. ``Chuck'', Chairman, National Cotton Council; President, Coley Gin and Fertilizer Company, Vienna, GA Brown, Scott W., President, National Barley Growers Association, Soda Springs, ID Conaway, Hon. K. Michael, a Representative in Congress from Texas, opening statement Younggren, Erik, President, National Association of Wheat Growers, Hallock, MN Morris, Armond, Chairman, Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, Irwinville, GA Johnson, Roger, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C Stewart, J.B., Vice Chairman, National Sorghum Producers, Keyes, OK Wellman, Steve, President, American Soybean Association, Syracuse, NE Thompson, Jim, Chairman, USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, Farmington, WA Gerdes, Ruth, President, The Auburn Agency Crop Insurance, Inc.; Chair, Regulatory Affairs Committee, Crop Insurance Professionals Association, Auburn, NE McSherry, CIC, Brian M., President, McSherry Agency, Inc.; Chairman, Crop Insurance Task Force, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, Flanagan, IL Weber, Tim, President, Crop Insurance Division, Great American Insurance Company, Cincinnati, OH Greenwood, Hon. James C., President and Chief Executive Officer, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Washington, D.C Stroschein, J.D., Ryan W., Co-Director, Agriculture Energy Coalition, Washington, D.C Reinford, Steve, Owner/Operator, Reinford Farms Inc., Mifflintown, PA Taylor, Jr., Jerome ``Jerry'', President and Chief Executive Officer, MFA Oil Company; Co-Founder, MFA Oil Biomass LLC, Columbia, MO Haer, Gary L., Chairman, National Biodiesel Board; Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Renewable Energy Group<SUP>'</SUP>, Inc., Washington, D.C Burke III, John W., Chairman, Board of Trustees, American Forest Foundation; tree farmer, Woodford, VA Dye, C. Randy, Forester, West Virginia Division of Forestry; President, National Association of State Foresters, Charleston, WV Holmes, Charles A., Chairman, Forest Resource Policy Group, National Association of Conservation Districts, Demopolis, AL Schwab, Richard W., Procurement Manager, M.A. Rigoni, Inc., Perry, FL; on behalf of American Loggers Council; Southeastern Wood Producers Association Goergen, Jr., Michael T., Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD false 74-372 Committee on Agriculture Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry; Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Nutrition and Horticulture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management LEONARD L. BOSWELL of Iowa Leonard L. Boswell Boswell, Leonard L. Leonard Boswell JOE BACA of California Joe Baca Baca, Joe JEFF FORTENBERRY of Nebraska Jeff Fortenberry Fortenberry, Jeff BOB GOODLATTE of Virginia Bob Goodlatte Goodlatte, Bob Robert Goodlatte TIM HOLDEN of Pennsylvania Tim Holden Holden, Tim TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON of Illinois Timothy V. Johnson Johnson, Timothy V. Timothy Johnson STEVE KING of Iowa Steve King King, Steve FRANK D. LUCAS of Oklahoma Frank D. Lucas Lucas, Frank D. Frank Lucas MIKE McINTYRE of North Carolina Mike McIntyre McIntyre, Mike RANDY NEUGEBAUER of Texas Randy Neugebauer Neugebauer, Randy COLLIN C. PETERSON of Minnesota Collin C. Peterson Peterson, Collin C. Collin Peterson false false United States Congress House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture associated name asn Government Organization Leonard L. Boswell United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Joe Baca United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Jeff Fortenberry United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Bob Goodlatte United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Tim Holden United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Timothy V. Johnson United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Steve King United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Frank D. Lucas United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Mike McIntyre United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Randy Neugebauer United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Collin C. Peterson United States House of Representatives committee member United States Congressional Member Conner, Hon. Charles F., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Larson, Hon. Donald, Commissioner, Brookings County, South Dakota; Chairman, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Steering Committee, National Association of Counties, Brookings, SD witness wit Hearing Witness Mazer, Leanne, Executive Director, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, Frostburg, MD; on behalf of National Association of Development Organizations witness wit Hearing Witness Dunmire, Frank, Executive Director, Illinois Rural Water Association, Taylorville, IL; on behalf of National Rural Water Association witness wit Hearing Witness Stewart, Robert B., Executive Director, Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Rozzelle, David G., Executive Vice President, Suddenlink Communications; Member, Rural and Small System Operator Committee, National Cable Telecommunications Association, St. Louis, MO witness wit Hearing Witness Bahnson, Mark, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, Bloomingdale Communications, Bloomingdale, MI; on behalf of National Telecommunications Cooperative Association; Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies; Western Telecommunications Alliance witness wit Hearing Witness Schmidt, Gene, President, National Association of Conservation Districts, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Scholl, Jon, President, American Farmland Trust, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness O'Toole, Patrick, President, Family Farm Alliance, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Nomsen, David E., Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Pheasants Forever, Inc., St. Paul, MN witness wit Hearing Witness Niemeyer, Garry, President, National Corn Growers Association, Auburn, IL witness wit Hearing Witness Bell, David K., Executive Director, Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine, Orono, ME; on behalf of Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance witness wit Hearing Witness Gordon, Randall C., Acting President, National Grain and Feed Association, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Homan, Carl V., dairy producer, Homan Family Dairy Farms, Centre Hall, PA; on behalf of National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition witness wit Hearing Witness Hopper, Sara, Agricultural Policy Director, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Petty, David D., cattle producer, Iowa River Ranch; Member, Environmental Working Group, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Eldora, IA witness wit Hearing Witness Brown, Ph.D., Scott, Assistant Research Professor, Integrated Policy Group, Division of Applied Social Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO witness wit Hearing Witness Wright, Patrick Joseph ``Joe'', V&W Farms, Inc.; President, Southeast Milk Inc., Avon Park, FL witness wit Hearing Witness Barcellos, Tom, Owner/Operator, T-Bar Dairy; Board President, Western United Dairymen, Porterville, CA witness wit Hearing Witness Davis, Jon, Chief Executive Officer, Davisco Foods International, Inc., Le Sueur, MN; on behalf of International Dairy Foods Association witness wit Hearing Witness Kozak, Jerome J., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Milk Producers Federation, Arlington, VA witness wit Hearing Witness Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture, May 8, witness wit Hearing Witness Baca, Hon. Joe, a Representative in Congress from California, prepared statement witness wit Hearing Witness Lucas, Hon. Frank D., a Representative in Congress from Oklahoma, opening statement witness wit Hearing Witness Pingree, Hon. Chellie, a Representative in Congress from Maine, opening statement witness wit Hearing Witness Sablan, Hon. Gregorio Kilili Camacho, a Delegate in Congress from Northern Mariana Islands, prepared statement witness wit Hearing Witness Schmidt, Hon. Jean, a Representative in Congress from Ohio, opening statement witness wit Hearing Witness Southerland II, Hon. Steve, a Representative in Congress from Florida, prepared statement witness wit Hearing Witness Lee, Jerry, Environmental Services Manager, Monrovia Growers, Cairo, GA witness wit Hearing Witness Jarrard, Michael, President and Chief Operating Officer, Mann Packing Company, Salinas, CA witness wit Hearing Witness Schacht, Lisa L., Owner/Operator, Schacht Family Farm and Market; President, Ohio Produce Growers & Marketers Association, Canal Winchester, OH witness wit Hearing Witness Libby, Russell W., Executive Director, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Unity, ME witness wit Hearing Witness Richey, Daniel R., President and Chief Executive Officer, Riverfront Packing Company; Member, Board of Directors, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association, Vero Beach, FL witness wit Hearing Witness Bivens, Rodney W., Founder and Executive Director, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK witness wit Hearing Witness Haskins, Ph.D., Ron, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution; Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Dean, Stacy, Vice President for Food Assistance Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Blalock, Philip A., Executive Director, National Association of Farmers Market Nutrition Programs, Alexandria, VA witness wit Hearing Witness Frazee, Bob, President and Chief Executive Officer, MidAtlantic Farm Credit, Westminster, MD; on behalf of Farm Credit Council witness wit Hearing Witness Gerhart, Jeffrey L., Chairman, Bank of Newman Grove; Chairman, Independent Community Bankers of America, Newman Grove, NE witness wit Hearing Witness Williams, Matthew H., Chairman and President, Gothenburg State Bank; Chairman-Elect, American Bankers Association, Gothenburg, NE witness wit Hearing Witness Walton, Michael G., urban farmer; Owner, Tunnel Vision Hoops; Co- Founder, NEO Restoration Alliance, South Euclid, OH witness wit Hearing Witness Doerr, Justin D., beginning farmer, Plainview, NE witness wit Hearing Witness Outlaw, Ph.D., Joe L., Professor and Extension Economist-Farm Management & Policy, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University; Co-Director, Agricultural and Food Policy Center, College Station, TX witness wit Hearing Witness Schnitkey, Ph.D., Gary D., Full and Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL witness wit Hearing Witness Collins, Ph.D., Hon. Keith, Economic Advisor, National Crop Insurance Services; Former USDA Chief Economist, Centreville, VA witness wit Hearing Witness Bowling, Chip, Member, Board of Directors, National Corn Growers Association, Newburg, MD witness wit Hearing Witness Raun, Linda C., Chairwoman, USA Rice Producers' Group; Partner, LR Farms, El Campo, TX; on behalf of USA Rice Federation; U.S. Rice Producers Association witness wit Hearing Witness Stallman, Bob, President, American Farm Bureau Federation; rice and cattle producer, Columbus, TX witness wit Hearing Witness Vaughan, Dee, President, Southwest Council of Agribusiness, Dumas, TX witness wit Hearing Witness Coley, C.B. ``Chuck'', Chairman, National Cotton Council; President, Coley Gin and Fertilizer Company, Vienna, GA witness wit Hearing Witness Brown, Scott W., President, National Barley Growers Association, Soda Springs, ID witness wit Hearing Witness Conaway, Hon. K. Michael, a Representative in Congress from Texas, opening statement witness wit Hearing Witness Younggren, Erik, President, National Association of Wheat Growers, Hallock, MN witness wit Hearing Witness Morris, Armond, Chairman, Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, Irwinville, GA witness wit Hearing Witness Johnson, Roger, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Stewart, J.B., Vice Chairman, National Sorghum Producers, Keyes, OK witness wit Hearing Witness Wellman, Steve, President, American Soybean Association, Syracuse, NE witness wit Hearing Witness Thompson, Jim, Chairman, USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, Farmington, WA witness wit Hearing Witness Gerdes, Ruth, President, The Auburn Agency Crop Insurance, Inc.; Chair, Regulatory Affairs Committee, Crop Insurance Professionals Association, Auburn, NE witness wit Hearing Witness McSherry, CIC, Brian M., President, McSherry Agency, Inc.; Chairman, Crop Insurance Task Force, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, Flanagan, IL witness wit Hearing Witness Weber, Tim, President, Crop Insurance Division, Great American Insurance Company, Cincinnati, OH witness wit Hearing Witness Greenwood, Hon. James C., President and Chief Executive Officer, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Stroschein, J.D., Ryan W., Co-Director, Agriculture Energy Coalition, Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Reinford, Steve, Owner/Operator, Reinford Farms Inc., Mifflintown, PA witness wit Hearing Witness Taylor, Jr., Jerome ``Jerry'', President and Chief Executive Officer, MFA Oil Company; Co-Founder, MFA Oil Biomass LLC, Columbia, MO witness wit Hearing Witness Haer, Gary L., Chairman, National Biodiesel Board; Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Renewable Energy Group<SUP>'</SUP>, Inc., Washington, D.C witness wit Hearing Witness Burke III, John W., Chairman, Board of Trustees, American Forest Foundation; tree farmer, Woodford, VA witness wit Hearing Witness Dye, C. Randy, Forester, West Virginia Division of Forestry; President, National Association of State Foresters, Charleston, WV witness wit Hearing Witness Holmes, Charles A., Chairman, Forest Resource Policy Group, National Association of Conservation Districts, Demopolis, AL witness wit Hearing Witness Schwab, Richard W., Procurement Manager, M.A. Rigoni, Inc., Perry, FL; on behalf of American Loggers Council; Southeastern Wood Producers Association witness wit Hearing Witness Goergen, Jr., Michael T., Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD witness wit Hearing Witness H.R. 1340 112 BODY S. 1578 112 BODY H.R. 2419 112 BODY H.R. 3236 112 BODY H.R. 3286 112 BODY H.R. 3454 112 BODY Volume 123 Page 115 123 Stat. 115 Public Law 110-246 Public Law No 110-246 Public Law 111-5 Public Law No 111-5 Serial No. 112-30 Serial No. 112-30