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2005 Opening Statements and Audio Replay
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January USDA Secretary nominee Mike Johanns
February Review of BSE disease in cattle
March Commodity Futures...School Nutrition
April Nominees Charles Conner...Thomas Dorr
May Review US Grain Standards Act
June CAFTA-DR ...Livestock Reporting Act...
Crop Insurance... Nominees at CFTC and Food Safety ...Biotech and Agriculture's Future
July Biosecurity/Agroterrorism...Conservation...CFTC

September Status of Agriculture negotiations at World Trade Organization
October Agriculture Budget...Forest/Rangeland Research Program at US Forest Service
November PAWS...Transportation/Energy...nominees for Rural Utilities Service and USDA CFO...Avian Influenza

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