February 9, 2000

WITNESS LIST

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY
DAIRY HEARINGS

FEBRUARY 9, 2000
SR-328A AT 9:00 A.M.

Panel One -Overview of federal dairy pricing system

Kenneth C. Clayton, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA,     accompanied by Richard M. McKee, Deputy Administrator for Dairy Programs,   Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA

Panel Two - Review of federal dairy pricing system

Arthur S. Jaeger, Assistant Director, Consumer Federation of America

Mark Furth, General Manager,  Associated Milk Producers, Inc., MN

James Vanblarcom, dairy farmer, PA

Jim Tillison, Alliance of Western Producers, Sacramento, CA

Larry Jensen, Senior Vice President, Supply, Distribution and Business Development,  Leprino Foods, CO

Dennis Meyer, Member, Board of Directors, Family Dairies, IA

Panel Three - Is there a  need for federal dairy policy?

Clark Hinsdale, President, Vermont Farm Bureau, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation

 John Neal Scarlett, South East Dairy Farmers Association, TN

John Frydenlund, Director,  Center for International Food and Agriculture Policy of the    Council for Citizens Against Government Waste

Will Hughes, Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives, WI

Gene Paul, Past President, National Farmers Organization, MN

 Bill Brey, President, Wisconsin Farmers Union, on behalf of the National Farmers Union


Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
SR-328A  Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. 20510-1401
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