WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing titled “Farm Bill 2023: Research Programs”.
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM ET
Place: 328A Russell Senate Office Building
Who:
Panel 1
Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young; Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics and Chief Scientist, United States Department of Agriculture; Washington, DC
Panel 2:
Dr. Jason Rowntree, CS Mott Chair of Sustainable Agriculture; Director, MSU Center for Regenerative Agriculture; Professor, Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Dr. Felecia M. Nave, President, Office of the President, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS
Dr. Katy Martin Rainey, Associate Professor, Agronomy, Purdue University; Director, Purdue Soybean Center, West Lafayette, IN
Mr. Steven Ela, Partner and Manager, Ela Family Farms, Hotchkiss, CO
Dr. Deacue Fields, Vice President for Agriculture, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, Little Rock, AR
*** Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, the general public will not be allowed to attend the hearing.
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There is a mandatory TV pool. Contact the Senate Radio-TV Gallery 202-224-6421 for additional details.
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