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Chairwoman Stabenow, Ranking Member Cochran Announce Final Subcommittee Assignments for Senate Agriculture Committee
Thu, Feb 14
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today announced assignments for the Committee’s five subcommittees for the 113th Congress.A full list of the subcommittees and member assignments follows here: Subcommittee on Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management Democracts Donnelly (Chair) Baucus Heitkamp ...
Chairwoman Stabenow: Weather Disasters’ Crippling Effects on Agriculture Underscores Crucial Need to Pass Disaster Relief and New Five-Year Farm Bill
Thu, Feb 14
Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry, today said that last year’s historic drought, which parched the nation and affected more square miles since the end of the Dust Bowl era in 1939, has taken a devastating toll on American agriculture, underscoring the need to pass critical disaster assistance provisions and a new five-year farm bill. In addition to a historic drought that devastated corn and soybean yields in the Midwest ...

Minority News

Senator Roberts: USDA Grants Flexibility on School Meals; Waste and Cost Remain a Concern
Mon, Dec 10
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) today said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has agreed with his request to grant schools flexibility in implementing the new guidelines for the National School Breakfast and Lunch programs, but significant concerns remain on waste and costs of the new policies. “Providing flexibility is a key component to implementing such dramatic changes to school meals, and I applaud Secretary Vilsack for responding to my request,” R...
Senator Roberts Issues Statement on CFTC’s “Swaps Definitions” Rules
Fri, Oct 12
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry which is tasked with oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), today released the following statement on the implementation of the CFTC’s new “Swaps Definitions” rules: “On the heels of the federal district court’s decision to block the CFTC proposed ‘position limits’ rule on trades of derivatives an...