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Senate to Convene Hearing on Weather Disasters, Effects on Agriculture, Economy

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:49:57 CST

Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will convene a committee hearing on Thursday, February 14 at 9:30 a.m. EST in room 328 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The hearing, "Drought, Fire and Freeze: The Economics of Disasters for America's Agricultural Producers," will feature testimony from Dr. Joe Glauber, Chief Economist at the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Roger Pulwarty, Director of the National Integrated Drought Information System at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Additional witnesses detailed below.                                                                                   


A live webcast of the hearing can be viewed on the Committee's website at: http://ag.senate.gov.


WITNESS LIST

Panel I

Dr. Roger Pulwarty, Director, National Integrated Drought Information System, NOAA, Boulder, CO

Dr. Joe Glauber, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC


Panel II

Mr. Leon LaSalle, Rancher, Havre, MTMs. Anngie Steinbarger, Farmer, Edinburgh, IN

Mr. Jeff Send, Cherry Farmer, Leelanau, MI

Mr. Ben Steffen, Farmer, Steffen Ag, Inc., Humboldt, NE




   

 

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