COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY
UNITED STATES SENATE
WASHINGTON, DC 20510

Witness List
July 16, 2002
 

Full Committee Hearing on Packers and Stockyards Issues

 10:00 a.m. in SD-562 Dirksen Senate Building
 

Opening Statement of Chairman Tom Harkin
U.S. Senator for Iowa

The Honorable Tim Johnson
U.S. Senator for South Dakota

The Honorable Larry Craig
U. S. Senator for Idaho

Panel I

Mr. William Hawks
Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Affairs
U. S. Department of Agriculture
           Accompanied by Donna Reifschneider, GIPSA
           Administrator

Panel II

Mr. Michael Stumo
General Counsel for the Organization for Competitive
       Markets
Lincoln, Nebraska

Mr. Tim Bierman
President, of the Iowa Pork Producers Association
Larrabee, Iowa

Mr. Nolan Jungclaus
Hog Farmer
Lake Lillian, Minnesota

Mr. Steve Appel
Vice President, American Farm Bureau
Endicott, Washington

Mr. J. Patrick Boyle
President, American Meat Institute
Washington, District of Columbia

Panel III

Dr. Robert Taylor
Professor at Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

Mr. Herman Schumacher
R-CALF, USA
Herreid, South Dakota

Mr. Paul Jackson
National Farmers Union
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Mr. Eric Davis
National Cattleman's Beef Association President Elect
Bruneau, Idaho

Mr. John Butler, CEO
Ranchers Renaissance
Englewood, CO

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