Apr 26, 2017

Farm Bill field hearing scheduled for Michigan

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry will hold its second Farm Bill field hearing of the 115th Congress in Frankenmuth, Michigan. The meeting begins work on the 2018 Farm Bill. The Saginaw Valley Research & Extension Center will host the meeting Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Congress passes a Farm Bill only once every five years. The current Farm Bill was passed with bipartisan support in 2014 and expires in September 2018.

The hearing, entitled “Growing Jobs and Economic Opportunity: Perspectives on the 2018 Farm Bill from Michigan,” will feature testimony from a wide variety of agricultural producers and Farm Bill stakeholders, examining agriculture, as well as conservation, rural economic development, research, forestry, energy and nutrition policies that affect Michigan.

Witnesses will be announced shortly. All stakeholders and the general public are invited to submit testimony or comments in writing for the official Committee record.

To attend, email your name and organization (if representing a group) to [email protected].

Testimony or comments may be submitted for the official record for this field hearing in advance, but no later than May 12, either online at www.agriculture.senate.gov/farm-bill-input; or by mailing it to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 328A Russell Senate Office Bldg, Washington, D.C. 20510.

The hearing will be webcast live on www.ag.senate.gov.