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Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Hearing on Agricultural Credit
May 16, 2001
 

Opening Statement by Chairman Richard Lugar
U.S. Senator for Indiana

Opening Statement by Ranking Democrat Tom Harkin
U.S. Senator for Iowa

Panel One

Mr. Neil Conklin
Director, Market and Trade Economics Division
Economic Research Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC

Ms. Carolyn Cooksie
Deputy Administrator for Farm Loan Programs
Farm Service Agency
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC

Mr. Lawrence J. Dyckman
Director of Agricultural Issues
General Accounting Office
Washington, DC

Panel Two

Mr. Jay B. Penick
President and CEO of Northwest Farm Credit Services
Washington, DC

      Representing the Farm Credit Council

Mr. Henry D. Edelman
CEO of Farmer MAC
Washington, DC

Mr. John Evans, Jr.
CEO of D.L. Evans Bank
Burley, Idaho

      Representing the Independent Community Bankers of America

Mr. Gary R. Canada
President, Bank of England
England, AR

      Representing the American Bankers Association

Panel Three

Mr. David Carter
President, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
National Farmers Union
Washington, DC

Mr. Frank Brost
Rancher, Chairman of Tax & Credit Committee
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Rapid City, SD

Mr. Ferd Hoefner
Washington Respresentative
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Washington, DC

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