May 5, 2017Michigan is setting for hearing on 2018 Farm Bill
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, will hold a 2018 Farm Bill reauthorization field hearing at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 6, in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
The meeting will be held from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center, Michigan State University, 3775 S. Reese Road, Frankenmuth. To attend, email your name and organization (if representing a group) to [email protected].
The hearing will be webcast live here.
The hearing will feature testimony from 16 witnesses examining agriculture, as well as conservation, rural economic development, research, forestry, energy and nutrition policies that affect Michigan.
Specialty crop operators scheduled to appear include Chris Alpers, Red Path Orchards and Alpers Farms, Lake Leelenau; and Jim Nugent, fruit grower and chairman of the Michigan Tree Fruit Commission.
Interested parties are invited to submit testimony or comments for the official record for this field hearing in advance, but no later than May 12, 2017, either online here or by mailing it to the Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry, 328A Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 2051.
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