Statement of Chairman Richard G. Lugar
    United States Senator for Indiana

Satement of Ranking Democrat Tom Harkin
United States Senator for Iowa

Senator Conrad Burns, Montana

Panel I

Dr. Robert L. Thompson
President and CEO
Winrock International
Morrilton, Arkansas

Panel II

Dr. Joseph D. Coffey, Chairman
Council of Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Vice President of Economics and Planning
Southern States Cooperative, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia

Dr. Charles C. Brosius
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Dr. Greg Brown, President
National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges
Dean, College of Forestry and Wildlife Resources
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

Mr. William Guyton
Vice President/General Manager
Applied Engineering and Development
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
Idaho Technologies Co.
Idaho Falls, Idaho

Mr. Bruce Crain, Executive Director
The Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC 20510