SSAF00 · Senate Standing

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

366 bills referred in the 119th Congress so far

2,070 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 118th at 403. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members
23

Seated in the 119th Congress

Subcommittees
5

Each with its own members and record

Meetings
36

Hearings and business meetings in the 119th Congress

Members 23

Chair and ranking member first, then alphabetically. Today's official roster.

Subcommittees 5

Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. Every Congress on file.

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. Every Congress on file.

HearingTitleHeld
S. Hrg. 107-869The New Federal Farm Bill273 pages
21 witnesses
  • Fox, Alison, Counsel, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Kirkpatrick, Elwood, President, Michigan milk Producers Association
  • Korson, Philip, President, Cherryy Marketing Institute, Inc., Lansing, Michigan
  • McIlvain, Carl, President, Michigan Farmers Union
  • Pollok, Jody, Executive Director, Michigan Corn Growers Association
  • Wood, Wayne, President, Michigan Farm Bureau
  • Hines, Sam, Michigan Pork Producers Association
  • King, Lonnie Dr., Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University
  • Kubik, Frank, president, National Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) Association and CSFP Manager for Focus: Hope
  • Leach, Richard, Executive Vice President, Great Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association
  • Thayer, Curtis, Director, Michigan Soybean Association
  • Fox, Alison, Counsel, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Butler, Thomas C., Manager, Michigan Processing Apple Growers Division of Michigan Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Association
  • DeKryger, Perry, Executive Director, Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board
  • Gray, Dr. J. Ian, Director, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Green, Bob, Executive Director, Michigan Bean Commission
  • Hersey, Julia Baehre, Board Member, Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board
  • Armstrong, David, Executive Vice President, Marketing, GreenStone Farm Credit Services
  • Fox, Dennis, Environmental Policy Specialist, Michigan United Conservation Clubs
  • Werdel, Joanne, Policy Analyst and Communications Specialist, Center for Civil Justice
  • Williams, Ron, State Conservationist, Natural Resource Conservation Service
Aug 13, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-864The New Federal Farm Bill Field Hearing from Worthington, Minnesota78 pages
41 witnesses
  • Arndt, Bob, President, Minnesota National Farmers Organization
  • Bederman, Bruce, Grafton, Iowa
  • Botten, Dennis, President-Elect, Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association, St. James, Minnesota
  • Christopherson, Al, President, Minnesota Farm Bureau
  • Dieter, Robert A., Brewster, Minnesota
  • Elness, Kelvin, Windom, Minnesota
  • Everett, Les, University of Minnesota Extension and Water Resources Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Frederickson, Dave, President, Minnesota National Farmers Organization
  • Froemke, Mark, President, Northern Valley Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • Garver, Paul, Hendricks, Minnesota
  • Goedtke, Rick, Fulda, Minnesota
  • Graff, Jerome, Sanborn, Minnesota
  • Green, Larry, Fulda, Minnesota
  • Haberman, Pat A., Brewster, Minnesota
  • Hegland, Ed, President, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association
  • Henning, Timothy A., Lismore, Minnesota
  • Juhl, Dan, Pipestone, Minnesota
  • Kahout, Monica, Land Stewardship Project
  • Kanten, Anne, Hawick, Minnesota
  • Kanten, Kent, Milan, Minnesota
  • Keith, Rick, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Kibbie, John P., Iowa Senate, Emmetsburg, Iowa
  • Kirchner, Bob, Farmer, Brewster, Minnesota
  • Kloucek, Hon. Frank, a Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, Scotland, South Dakota
  • Kolsruf, David, Beaver Creek, Minnesota
  • Kuehl, Aaron, Pheasants Forever, Janesville, Minnesota
  • Liepold, Larry, President, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association
  • Mahlberg, Rolf, Minnesota West community and Technical College, Worhtington, Minnesota
  • Moritz, Bob Rev., Hadley, Minnesota
  • Naurth, John III, Lakefield, Minnesota
  • Olson, Linden, Worthington, Minnesota
  • Olson, Randy, Sunburg, Minnesota
  • Otremba, Hon. Mary Ellen, a Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Long Prairie, Minnesota
  • Petersen, Chris C., Vice President, Iowa Farmers Union, Clear Lake, Iowa
  • Petersen, Hon. Doug, a Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Madison, Minnesota
  • Raedeke, Laura, Nisswa, Minnesota
  • Romsdahl, Brian, Butterfield, Minnesota
  • Skalbeek, Rodney, Sacred Heart, Minnesota
  • Sobocinski, Paul, Land Stewardship Project, Wabasso, Minnesota
  • Tusa, Loren, President, National Corn Growers Association
  • Zupp, Richard, President, Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Pipestone, Minnesota
Aug 4, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-850Rural Economic Development Issues for the New Federal Farm Bill139 pagesOn S. 20, S. 3242
8 witnesses
  • Cassidy, Jack, Senior Vice President, CoBank, Greenwoodville, Colorado
  • Dearlove, Karen, President, Indiana Association of Regional Councils, Jasper, Indiana
  • Hassebrook, Chuck, Center for Rural Affairs, Walthill, Nebraska
  • Kolsrud, David, CORN-er Stone Farmers Cooperative, Luverne, Minnesota, on behalf of the National Cooperative Business Association
  • Lane, Steve, President, Iowa Independent Bankers Association, Gowrie, Iowa, on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America
  • Markley, Deborah M., Chair, Rural Equity Capital Initiative, Rural Policy Research Institute, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Phillips, Ronald L., President, Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Wiscasset, Maine
  • Wynn, Curtis, Chief Executive Officer, Roanoke Electric Cooperative, Rich Square, North Carolina
Aug 2, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-847U.S. Export Market Share90 pages
4 witnesses
  • Sharpless, Mattie R., Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; accompanied by Mary Chambliss, Deputy Administrator for Exports Credits
  • Brothers, Carl, Senior Vice President for International Business, Riceland Foods, Stuttgart, Arkansas
  • Condon, Leonard W., Vice President for International Trade, American Meat Institute, Arlington, VA
  • Von Tungeln, Henry Jo, Chairman, U.S. Wheat Associates and the Wheat Export Trade Education Committee, Washington, DC
Aug 1, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-828Conservation on Working Lands for the New Federal Farm Bill90 pages
5 witnesses
  • Dunklin, George, Jr., USA Rice Federation, DeWitt, Arkansas
  • Klein, Lee, Nations Corn Growers Association and American Soybean Association, Washington, DC
  • Mast, Gary, National Association of Conservation Districts, Washington, DC
  • Serfling, Dave, land Stewardship Project, Preston, Minnesota
  • Shaffer, Mark, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC
Jul 31, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-437Nomination Hearing for Mark Rey and Hilda Gay Legg156 pages
2 witnesses
  • Legg, Hilda Gay of Somerset, Kentucky, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Rey, Mark of Canton, Ohio, to be Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, United States Department of Agriculture
Jul 26, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-746Livestock Issues for the New Federal Farm Bill146 pages
7 witnesses
  • Caspers, Jon, National Pork Producers Council, Swaledale, Iowa
  • Davis, Eric, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Bruneau, Idaho
  • Hermanson, Pete, Past NTF Chairman, National Turkey Federation, Story City, Iowa
  • McDonald, Dennis, Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, Billings, Montana
  • Moore, Frank, Vice President, American Sheep Industry Association, Douglas, Wyoming
  • Roenigk, William, Senior Vice President, National Chicken Council, Washington, DC
  • Rosmann, Maria, Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Harlan, Iowa
Jul 24, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-732The Nutrition Title of the New Federal Farm Bill156 pages
9 witnesses
  • Bost, Eric M., Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
  • Greenstein, Robert, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC
  • Haskins, Dr. Ron, Senior Fellow Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
  • Concannon, Kevin W., Commissioner, maine Department of Human Services, Augusta, Maine
  • Dieppa, Celine, Food Stamp Program Participant, Manchester, Connecticut
  • Ford, Karen, Executive Director, Food Bank of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Frank, Dr. Deborah A., Director, Growth and Development Clinic, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Garza, Dr. Cutberto, Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
  • Leavitt, Dean M., Chairman and CEO, U.S. Wireless Data, Incorporated, New York, New York
Jul 19, 2001

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

CongressMembersBills referredReportedBecame lawReportsMeetingsPrinted hearingsNominationsCommunicationsPrints
119th2025–2026, sitting2336619203623252411
118th2023–202423403110152473392
117th2021–2022221584103431222512
116th2019–2020211324111216103621
115th2017–201825161440—23193801
114th2015–20162079722—1864821
113th2013–20142277401—17134841
112th2011–20122184331—2365420
111th2009–201021117641—29394080
110th2007–200821156211—3373130
109th2005–200620102221—49265990
108th2003–200421106382—17116170
107th2001–200221129421—42416400

Earlier subcommittees 9

Subcommittees this committee once had, under their last names, with the Congresses they sat. Each has its own record.

Membership changes 23

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled, newest first, each with the official record.

DateMemberChangeRecord
Jan 6, 2020David Perdue R-GALeft the committeeS.Res. 464
Jan 6, 2020Kelly Loeffler R-GAJoinedS.Res. 464
Apr 10, 2018Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MSJoinedS.Res. 456
Mar 23, 2018Thad Cochran R-MSLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jan 9, 2018Chris Van Hollen D-MDLeft the committeeS.Res. 370
Jan 9, 2018Tina Smith D-MNJoinedS.Res. 370
Jan 9, 2018Deb Fischer R-NEJoinedS.Res. 369
Dec 21, 2017Luther Strange R-ALLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Feb 9, 2017Luther Strange R-ALJoinedS.Res. 57
Feb 8, 2017Jeff Sessions R-ALLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jan 8, 2015Pat Roberts R-KSBecame ChairS.Res. 23
Feb 12, 2014John E. Walsh D-MTJoinedS.Res. 359
Feb 6, 2014Max Baucus D-MTLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jul 16, 2013Robert P. Casey Jr. D-PAJoinedS.Res. 196
Jul 15, 2013William M. Cowan D-MALeft CongressLast recorded vote
Sep 9, 2009Blanche L. Lincoln D-ARBecame ChairS.Res. 257
Sep 9, 2009Michael F. Bennet D-COJoinedS.Res. 257
Sep 9, 2009Kirsten E. Gillibrand D-NYJoinedS.Res. 257
Sep 9, 2009Tom Harkin D-IANo longer ChairS.Res. 257
Jul 21, 2009John Cornyn R-TXJoinedS.Res. 218
Oct 16, 2002Paul D. Wellstone D-MNLeft CongressLast recorded vote
Jul 10, 2001Tom Harkin D-IABecame ChairCongressional Record, S7417
Jul 10, 2001Paul D. Wellstone D-MNJoinedCongressional Record, S7417

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress. Seats run from the 107th Congress, dated by the resolutions that made them and the Congressional Record; referrals and nominations from the 107th; meetings from the 116th. A committee older than that shows less than it has done. Records come from Congress.gov, GovInfo and the House and Senate.