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Witnesses Set for Livestock and Poultry Sector Hearing
USAgNet - 05/24/2016

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Monday announced witnesses for the Committee's hearing to review the U.S. livestock and poultry sectors. Entitled "A Review of the U.S. Livestock and Poultry Sectors: Marketplace? Opportunities and Challenges," the hearing takes place Thursday beginning at 10 a.m. in 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Panel:

-- Tracy Brunner, president, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Cow Camp Feedyard, Inc, Ramona, Kan.

-- Ronald Truex, chairman, United Egg Producers, Creighton Brothers, LLC, Atwood, Ind.

-- Dr. Howard Hill, past president, National Pork Producers Council, Breeze Hill Farms and H&K Enterprises, Cambridge, Iowa

-- Joe Goggins, Producer, U.S. Cattlemen's Association, Vermilion Ranch Co., Public Auction Yards, & Northern Livestock Video Auction, Billings, Mont.

-- John Zimmerman, producer, National Turkey Federation/Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, P&J Products, Northfield, Minn.

The hearing will be webcast live on ag.senate.gov.


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