TITLE: New Federal Farm Bill

CIS-NO: 2003-S161-2  
SOURCE: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 107-652  
DATE: June 28, 2001  
LENGTH: iv+259 p. il.  
CONG-SESS: 107-1  
ITEM-NO: 1032-C; 1032-D  
SUDOC: Y4.AG8/3:S.HRG.107-652  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-28949-6.  
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L. 107-171

SUMMARY:
Hearings to examine issues related to the development of 2002 farm legislation to extend and revise USDA agricultural programs, including conservation programs, food stamp program, agricultural trade programs, and rural development programs.
 
Supplementary material (p. 53-259) includes witnesses' written statements and written replies to Committee questions, submitted statements, and correspondence.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Agric programs issues and proposals

DESCRIPTORS:  
    FARMS AND FARMERS; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS; AGRICULTURE IN FOREIGN TRADE; FOREIGN TRADE PROMOTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT

03-S161-2 TESTIMONY NO: 1     June 28, 2001 p. 21-51, 78-208
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   SWENSON, LELAND (President, National Farmers Union)
   STALLMAN, BOB (President, American Farm Bureau Federation)
   FLUHARTY, CHARLES W. (Director, Rural Policy Research Institute)
   COX, CRAIG (Executive Vice President, Soil and Water Conservation Society)
   LEARNER, HOWARD A. (Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest)
   GLENN, BARBARA P. (Board Member, National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research)
   DALY, SHARON (Vice President, Social Policy, Catholic Charities USA)
   CARTER, DAVID E. (Secretary-Treasurer, Mountain View Harvest Cooperative)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Views on and recommendations for agriculture policy; analysis of crop supply and demand status (related tables, p. 117-129); views on agricultural conservation programs; overview of USDA rural development mission, with recommendations to improve rural development assistance programs.
   Perspectives on foreign trade issues impacting various agricultural sectors; recommendations to reform agricultural conservation policies and programs; importance of Federal investment in agricultural research, citing benefits to U.S. farmers (related tables and graphs, p. 195-198); recommendations regarding food stamp program reauthorization.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Agric programs issues and proposals
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   NATIONAL FARMERS UNION; AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION; RURAL POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY; ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST; NATIONAL COALITION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA; MOUNTAIN VIEW HARVEST COOPERATIVE; STATISTICAL DATA: AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

LOAD-DATE: June 5, 2003