TITLE: Agricultural and Rural Community Issues

CIS-NO: 2002-S161-11  
SOURCE: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 107-254  
DATE: Mar. 24, 2001  
LENGTH: iv+214 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-1  
ITEM-NO: 1032-C; 1032-D  
SUDOC: Y4.AG8/3:S.HRG.107-254  
 
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L. 107-171

SUMMARY:
Hearings in Lewis, Iowa and Spencer, Iowa, to examine the status of the agricultural economy in Iowa, in light of upcoming farm bill reauthorization.
 
Includes audience participation (p. 23-42, 135-151).
 
Supplementary material (p. 43-110, 153-214) includes submitted statements, witnesses' written statements, correspondence, and a report.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Agric economy in Iowa

DESCRIPTORS:  
    FARMS AND FARMERS; AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRICES; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; LEWIS, IOWA; SPENCER, IOWA; IOWA

02-S161-11 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Mar. 24, 2001 p. 3-23, 45-86
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   DUFFY, MICHAEL (Professor, Economics, Iowa State University)
   WILLIAMS, DAVID (farmer)
   ASKEW, JOHN (President, Iowa Soybean Association)
   FREDERIKSEN, SHIRLEY (Coordinator, Golden Hills Resources Conservation and Development)
   CARNEY, SAM (Vice President, Producer Services, Iowa Pork Producers Association)
   LEHMAN, AARON H. (Legislative Director, Iowa Farmers Union)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Status of and outlook for agricultural economy in Iowa (related graphs, p. 52-55); strategies to protect farm income levels, with policy recommendations; views on proposed 2002 farm bill.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Agric economy in Iowa
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION; IOWA PORK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION; IOWA FARMERS UNION; FARM INCOME
 
 
02-S161-11 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Mar. 24, 2001 p. 114-135, 155-197
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   HARL, NEIL E. (Professor, Economics, Iowa State University)
   BLUNDALL, JOAN (Executive Director, Seasons Center for Community Mental Health, Spencer, Iowa)
   MASON, DON (President-Elect, Iowa Corn Growers Association)
   HAMILTON, MARK H. (Publisher, Times-Citizen Newspapers; representing Positively Iowa)
   SAND, DUANE (representing Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation)
   SUNDBLAD, PHIL (representing Iowa Farm Bureau Federation)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Views on and recommendations regarding agricultural policies; status of and outlook for agricultural economy in Iowa; evaluation of proposed 2002 farm bill.
 
INSERTION:
   -- Harl, N. E., "Structural Transformation of the Agricultural Sector" Mar. 27, 2001 (p. 164-174).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Agric economy in Iowa
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   SEASONS CENTER FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH, SPENCER, IOWA; IOWA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION; POSITIVELY IOWA; IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION; IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

LOAD-DATE: June 5, 2003