Senate Agriculture Committee holds first farm bill hearing Thursday

by | Feb 20, 2017 | 5 Ag Stories, News

The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold its first farm bill field hearing Thursday in Manhattan, Kansas. The hearing begins at 2:00pm in McCain Auditorium at Kansas State University.

According to committee sources, it will feature testimony from a variety of agricultural producers. The hearing is titled ?Hearing from the Heartland: Perspectives on the 2018 Farm Bill from Kansas.?

Committee Chairman Pat Roberts says members will get an update on ?what is working and what is not working in farm country.? The Senate Agriculture Committee will live stream the hearing online at www.ag.senate.gov.