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Witnesses Announced for Kansas Farm Bill Hearing
Kansas Ag Connection - 02/22/2017
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Tuesday announced witnesses for the Committee's first field hearing of the 115th Congress in Manhattan, Kan., on the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization.
"Hearing from the Heartland: Perspectives on the 2018 Farm Bill from Kansas" will be held Feb. 23 beginning at 2 p.m. Central in the McCain Auditorium, Kansas State University, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan.
A welcome panel will include:
Gen. Richard Myers, President, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
Roger Marshall, M.D., Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
Jackie McClaskey, Secretary, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kan.
Panel I:
David Clawson, the Clawson Ranch Partnership, Plains, Kan., representing Kansas Livestock Association
Lynda Foster, Foster Dairy, Fort Scott, Kan., representing Dairy Farmers of America
Amy France, France Family Farms, Marienthal, Kan., representing Kansas Farm Bureau
Lucas Heinen, Heinen Family Farms, Everest, Kan., representing Kansas Soybean Association
Mr. Tom Lahey, Tom Lahey Farms, Moscow, Kan., representing Kansas Cotton Association
Kent Moore, Moore Farms, Iuka, Kan., representing Kansas Corn Growers Association
Cameron Peirce, Peirce Farms, Hutchinson, Kan., representing Kansas Sunflower Commission
Michael Springer, Springer Family Foods, LLC, Independence, Kan., representing Kansas Pork Association
Kent Winter, Kent Winter Farm, Mt. Hope, Kan., representing Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers
Kenneth Wood, Riverside Stock Farm, Inc., Manhattan, Kan., representing Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Panel II:
Shan Hanes, President & CEO, First National Bank of Elkhart, Elkhart, Kan., representing Kansas Bankers Association
Catherine Moyer, General Manager, Pioneer Communications, Ulysses, Kan., representing NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association
Kathleen O'Brien, General Manager, Nemaha-Marshall Electric Cooperative, Axtell, Kan., representing Kansas Electric Cooperative
Gena Ott, Financial Officer, Frontier Farm Credit, Emporia, Kan., representing Frontier Farm Credit
Derek Peine, Chairman of the Board, Renew Kansas, Oakley, Kan., representing Kansas Grain and Feed Association
Greg Ruehle, President & CEO, Servi-tech, Inc., Dodge City, Kan., representing Kansas Cooperative Council
Clay Scott, Kansas Water Congress, Ulysses, Kan., representing the National Water Resources Association
Cherise Tieben, City Manager, Dodge City, Kan., representing Dodge City
The hearing will be webcast live on ag.senate.gov.
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