Senate Agriculture Committee to Hold First Field Hearing in February

On Wednesday, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) jointly announced that the Committee would hold its first field hearing of the 115th Congress on February 23, 2017 in Manhattan, KS.  The intention of the hearing will be to hear from farmers about how Farm Bill programs have been working for them.  The announcement of this hearing is further indication that Congressional efforts to reauthorize the Farm Bill will be beginning quickly.  As NAWG will be holding its Winter Conference next week in Washington, DC, we urge producers to come to the meeting ready to discuss and debate priorities for the upcoming reauthorization process.