Ag News
Senate Ag Committee
Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:11:38 CDTThe House Agriculture
Committee has already started work on the next farm bill. On Tuesday - Senate Ag
Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln announced she’s ready to begin hearings on
the 2012 Farm Bill as well. Her committee will get started this month. Lincoln
says the farm bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation Congress
considers on behalf of rural America and the nation’s farmers and ranchers. She
plans to hold several hearings over the course of the next few months focused on
various issues that the farm bill will address.
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The first hearing - scheduled for
June 30th - will focus on maintaining a sound U.S. farm policy to protect the
nation’s food supply. Lincoln says the country’s food security, millions of jobs
and a good share of the economy depends on the work U.S. farmers and ranchers do
every day. She considers the farm bill necessary to ensure the U.S. continues to
have a safe, reliable and affordable supply of food while protecting natural
resources.
While
dates and times have not been released - other hearings are planned to focus on
revitalizing the rural economy through rural development - promoting
conservation practices that preserve natural resources and wildlife habitat -
and ensuring ag is part of the nation’s energy future.
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Lincoln style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> says the Ag Committee’s hearings
will provide feedback on how the current bill is working and lay the ground work
for the future of the nation’s farm, nutrition, conservation, rural development,
research, forestry and energy priorities.
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