Congress Selects Lubbock to Host Farm Bill Meeting
May 4, 2010 By Shawn Wade
Plains Cotton Growers
Lubbock, TX, and the 19th Congressional District have been selected as a host location for one of eight regional field hearings scheduled to be conducted by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture.
According to Congressman Randy Neugebauer of Lubbock, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, the Lubbock hearing will be conducted Monday, May 17, on the Texas Tech University campus.
The hearing, whose purpose is to gather input on the future of agriculture policy relative to the 2012 Farm Bill, will be held in the Museum at Texas Tech University and begin at 9:00 a.m.
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. President Brad Heffington, of Littlefield, TX, has been invited to present testimony to the Committee at the Lubbock hearing. A full list of invited participants will be released prior to the hearing.
“It is an honor to host a field hearing in Lubbock to discuss with local farmers and ranchers what’s working in agriculture policy and what needs to be improved. This is a great opportunity for producers in West Texas to share their vision for agriculture policy,” Neugebauer said. “The Agriculture Committee is holding these hearings around the nation to hear directly from farmers, and as one of the most productive and diverse agriculture areas of the country, I look forward to hearing what Texas producers have to say.”
Intent upon getting a head start on developing ideas for the 2012 Farm Bill House Agriculture Committee (HAC) Chairman Collin C. Peterson (D-MN) announced the start of the hearing process and locations for a series of full HAC Hearings at locations across the United States earlier this week.
The hearings started last week in Des Moines, IA.
Other hearing locations include:
Nampa, ID, May 1
- Fresno, CA, May 3
- Laramie, WY, May 4
- Morrow, GA, May 14
- Troy, AL, May 15
- Sioux Falls, SD, May 18
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