Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the witness list for Wednesday’s hearing on risk management and commodity programs:

Panel I

• Acting Agriculture Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse

Panel II

• Hope Hills, grower, Bangor, Mich.
• Jarvis Garetson, farmer, Copeland, Kan.
• Ruth Gerdes, farmer and crop insurance agent, Auburn, Neb.
• Steve Rutledge, chairman, president, and CEO, Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, West Des Moines, Iowa

Panel III

• Steve Wellman, president, American Soybean Association, Syracuse, Neb.
• Pam Johnson, first vice president, National Corn Growers Association, Floyd, Iowa
• Erik Younggren, president, National Association of Wheat Growers, Hallock, Minn.
• Jimbo Grissom, president, Western Peanut Growers Association, Seminole, Texas
• Travis Henry Satterfield, rice producer and partner, Satterfield Farms, Bolivar County, Miss.
• Chuck Coley, chairman, National Cotton Council, Vienna, Ga.

Panel IV

• Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union
• Bob Stallman, president, American Farm Bureau Federation
• Ryan Best, president, Future Farmers of America