2002 Farm Bill Briefing Book

House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Resource Page (text of legislation, report language, how HR 2646 would change the current farm bill (Sept. 5, 2001)
House Agriculture Committee Draft Farm Bill Concept Paper (July 12, 2001)
H.R. 2646 (July 26, 2001), passed in the House Agriculture Committee    
   Section-by-Section Analysis (July 30, 2001)
   Text of the House Ag Committee farm bill before markup (June 26, 2001)

Text and summary of the "Boehlert-Kind-Gilchrest-Dingell Amendment" to the House Farm Bill

Provisions of the Kind Amendment compared to NASDA's Conservation Proposal

Testimony in the House Concerning Draft Farm Bill Concept Paper and Farm Bill

Thursday, July 19, 9:30 a.m.
Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill

Mr. Kendell W. Keith, president, National Grain and Feed Association, Washington, DC
Mr. Bruce Ritter, executive vice-president, Louis Dreyfus Corporation, on behalf of the Coalition for a Competitive Food and Agriculture System, Wilton, CT
Mr. Greg McCormack, president, Bob’s Candies, Inc., on behalf of the Coalition for Sugar Reform, Albany, GA
Mr. Tony Anderson, president, American Soybean Association, Mount Sterling, OH
Mr. Nolen Canon, chairman, U.S. Rice Producers Association, Tunica, MS
Mr. Leo Bindel, president, National Grain Sorghum Producers, Sabetha, KS
Mr. Jack Roney,director of economics and policy analysis, American Sugar Alliance, on behalf of the U.S. Sugar Industry
Mr. Doyle Fincher, president, Western Peanut Growers Association, Inc., Seminole, TX
Mr. Robert R. Sutter, vice chairman, National Peanut Growers Group, Spring Hope, NC [testimony unavailable]

Making Changes: Turning Local Visions Into National Solutions
Ninety-five agriculture and rural development policy recommendations developed by the Wallace Center's five-year Agriculture Policy Project.

COMMODITY PROGRAMS

Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture Comprehensive Review and Recommendations to Congress (zipped Adobe Acrobat document, 771K)

Testimony Before the House Agriculture Committee on the Future of Commodity Programs

House Ag Committee webpage with all statements and official transcripts (contains the questions and answer period during the hearing

Saturday, June 23, Macon, GA
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill
Mr. Stewart Bloodworth, rye, soybean, and oat producer
Mr. Glenn Heard, corn and cotton producer
Mr. Chuck Lee, cotton and wheat producer
Mr. Donnie Smith, cotton and wheat producer

Wednesday, June 13
Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs
Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill: the Peanut Program
Hon. Christopher Shays, a Representative in Congress from the State of Connecticut

July 17, 2001
Full Committee Hearing on the New Federal Farm Bill

Panel I

Mr. James Echols, Chairman of the Board, National Cotton Council
Mr. Dusty Tallman, President, National Association of Wheat Growers
Mr. John Denison, Chairman, Rice Foundation, accompanied by Mr. Nolan Canon, Chairman, U.S. Rice Producers Association

Panel II

Mr. Jack Roney, Director of Economic Analysis, American Sugar Alliance
Mr. Art Jaeger, Assistant Director, Consumer Coalition of America on behalf of the Coalition for Sugar Reform
Mr. Armond Morris, Chairman, Georgia Peanut Commission accompanied by Evans J. Plowden, Jr., General Counsel, American Peanut Shellers
Mr. Wilbur Gamble, Producer and Chairman of the National Peanut Growers Group

RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION

Testimony Before the House Agriculture Committee

Wednesday, June 27, 10:00 a.m.
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research
Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill–agricultural research
Dr. Colien Hefferan, Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Extension, Education Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dr. Floyd Horn, Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
Dr. Victor L. Lechtenberg, Chair, National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board
Dr. Sam Curl, dean and director, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University
Dr. Bobby Phills, dean, School of Agriculture, Florida A&M University
Dr. John R. Abernathy, dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University
Mr. Terry Wolf, president, National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research

Testimony Before the Senate Agriculture Committee

March

Tuesday, June 26, 1:00 p.m.
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research
Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill–Rural Development
Mr. Blaine Stockton, Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hon. John Hoeven, Governor, North Dakota, on behalf of the National Governors Association
Mr. Charles W. Fluharty, Director, Rural Policy Research Institute
Mr. Gary Gorshing, executive director, South Western Oklahoma Development Authority, Burns Flat, OK on behalf of the National Association of Development Organizations and National Association of Counties
Hon. Glenn English, CEO, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Mr. John Zippert, director of program operations, Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Mr. Joe Dudick, executive director, Partners for Rural America
Mr. David Graves, president and CEO, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Washington, DC

Wednesday, June 20
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research
Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill-Agricultural Credit
Ms. Carolyn B. Cooksie, Deputy Administrator for Farm Loan Programs, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. F.A. Lowrey, president and chief executive officer, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank representing the Farm Credit Council
Mr. Miles Robinson, College of Agricultural, Environmental and Natural Sciences, Tuskegee University

Testimony Before the Senate Agriculture Committee

May 17, 2001
Fred Stokes, president, Organization for Competitive Markets, testified on the need of having a competition title in the 2002 Farm Bill

May 16, 2001
 John Evans Jr., vice chairman, Agriculture-Rural America Committee, Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) on the credit title of the 1996 Farm Bill and recommendations for the 2002 Farm Bill