The Subcommittees for the 119th Congress are listed below. The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is comprised of 23 members. 12 members of the majority; 11 members of the minority. The Chairman and Ranking Member are selected at the start of each Congress, and members are assigned to the Committee thereafter.
The Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
Oversees commodity programs, derivatives and digital assets, crop insurance, and agricultural trade.
Related Agencies: Farm Service Agency; Foreign Agricultural Service; and the Risk Management Agency at USDA
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Hyde-Smith
(R - Mississippi)
- Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa)
- Jerry Moran (R - Kansas)
- Mitch McConnell (R - Kentucky)
- Tommy Tuberville (R - Alabama)
- John Thune (R - South Dakota)
Booker
(D - New Jersey)
- Dick Durbin (D - Illinois)
- Adam Schiff (D - California)
- John Fetterman (D - Pennsylvania)
- Elissa Slotkin (D - Michigan)
The Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
Oversees rural development loan and grant programs, renewable energy, and farm loan programs.
Related Agencies: Farm Service Agency (loan programs), Rural Business-Cooperative Service; Rural Housing Service (community facilities programs); and the Rural Utilities Service at USDA
Farm Credit Administration
Ernst
(R - Iowa)
- Tommy Tuberville (R - Alabama)
- Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa)
- Deb Fischer (R - Nebraska)
- Jerry Moran (R - Kansas)
- Mitch McConnell (R - Kentucky)
Welch
(D - Vermont)
- Tina Smith (D - Minnesota)
- Michael Bennet (D - Colorado)
- Raphael Warnock (D - Georgia)
- Ben Ray Luján (D - New Mexico)
The Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
Oversees conservation programs, forest management, natural resources, pesticides, and agricultural biotechnology.
Related Agencies: Natural Resources Conservation Service; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Agricultural Marketing Service; and the United States Forest Service at USDA
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the Environmental Protection Agency
Marshall
(R - Kansas)
- Jim Justice (R - West Virginia)
- John Hoeven (R - North Dakota)
- John Thune (R - South Dakota)
- Joni Ernst (R - Iowa)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R - Mississippi)
Bennet
(D - Colorado)
- Ben Ray Luján (D - New Mexico)
- Raphael Warnock (D - Georgia)
- Peter Welch (D - Vermont)
- Adam Schiff (D - California)
The Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
Oversees food and nutrition assistance, international food assistance, school meals, horticulture, specialty crops, organic production, and research
Related Agencies: Foreign Agricultural Service (international food assistance); Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services; the Research, Education and Economics mission area; and the Agricultural Marketing Service at USDA
McConnell
(R - Kentucky)
- Roger Marshall (R - Kansas)
- John Hoeven (R - North Dakota)
- Tommy Tuberville (R - Alabama)
- Jim Justice (R - West Virginia)
- Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa)
Luján
(D - New Mexico)
- Raphael Warnock (D - Georgia)
- John Fetterman (D - Pennsylvania)
- Tina Smith (D - Minnesota)
- Cory Booker (D - New Jersey)
The Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
Oversees livestock, poultry and dairy production, marketing, food safety, and security.
Related Agencies: Agencies within the Marketing and Regulatory Program and Food Safety mission areas, and the Office of Homeland Security at USDA
Hoeven
(R - North Dakota)
- John Thune (R - South Dakota)
- Deb Fischer (R - Nebraska)
- Joni Ernst (R - Iowa)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R - Mississippi)
- Jim Justice (R - West Virginia)
Slotkin
(D - Michigan)
- Peter Welch (D - Vermont)
- Tina Smith (D - Minnesota)
- Dick Durbin (D - Illinois)
- Cory Booker (D - New Jersey)