Regional 2007 Farm Bill field hearings were held throughout
the U.S. between June 23 and September 8, 2006. Organic producers
Ron Rosmann and Klaas Martens provided
testimony at the Iowa and Pennsylvania field hearings, respecitvely,
on behalf of OFRF. Audio links to the field hearings are provided
below.
Farm Bill Field
Hearing, Ankeny, IA, July 24, 2006 (2:41:49)
Panel 1
Keith Sexton, representing the Iowa Corn Growers Association
Ron Heck, representing the Iowa Soybean Association
Charlotte Ousley, representing the Canned and Frozen Food
Growers Coalition
Bruce Brockshus, representing Association Milk Producers,
Inc. Panel 2
Craig Hill, representing the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Chris Peterson, representing the Iowa Farmers Union and the
National Farmers Union
Ron Rosmann, representing the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
and the Organic Farming Research Foundation
Paul Johnson, Decorah Iowa producer Panel 3
Bill Scheitler, representing the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association
Eric Nelson, representing R-CALF, USA
Jim Dean, representing United Egg Producers
Steve Kerns, representing the Iowa Pork Producers Association
Farm Bill Field
Hearing, Harrisburg, PA, July 21, 2006 (2:23:01)
Panel 1
Carl T. Shaffer, representing the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Richard Wilkins, representing the Mid-Atlantic Soybean Association
Keith W. Eckel, representing specialty crop industry
Klaas Martens, representing the Organic Farming Research Foundation Panel 2
Janes Shirk, representing the Shirk Family Farm and Penn State
University
Christine Hetz Phillips, representing Fairview Evergreen Nurseries
and PA Landscape and Nursery Association
Don Cotner, representing Cotner Farms Panel 3
Logan Bower, representing the Professional Dairy Managers
of Pennsylvania
Dr. Joe Jurgielewicz, representing PennAg Industries Association
Robert M. Ruth, representing the National Pork Producers Council
David Hackenberg, representing the American Beekeeping Federation
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