Opening Statement of Ranking Democratic Member
Tom Harkin
U.S. Senator for Iowa
The Honorable Byron Dorgan
Senator, State of North Dakota
Keith Collins
Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mark Drabenstott
Vice President and Director, Center for the Study
of Rural America
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
C. Robert Taylor
Professor of Agricultural Economics, Auburn University
Dean Kleckner
President, American Farm Bureau Federation
Leland Swenson
President, National Farmers Union
Donna Reifschneider
President, National Pork Producers Council
Paul Hitch
Chairman. National Cattlemen's Beef Association's
Live Cattle Marketing Committee
Steve Hunt
Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Premium Beef
Frank Sims
President, North American Grain Division, Cargill,
Inc.