Posted November 20, 2014
Rep. Michael Conaway, R-Texas has been name Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, according to a Southwest Farm Press article available here. Farm Futures also published an article available hereand Feedstuffs here.
After Conaway was selected as the 50th chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, he issued the following statement.
“I am humbled and honored to be selected as the 50th chairman of the storied House Committee on Agriculture. The work that farmers and ranchers do is part of our country’s foundation. They feed, fuel, and clothe our nation. I look forward to building on the bipartisan work of the chairmen who have led this committee for the past two centuries.”
Ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., congratulated Conaway on his new position, according to Farm Futures.
“As a fellow CPA, I think we can find common ground as the Committee oversees farm bill implementation and reauthorizing the CFTC during the next Congress,” Peterson said in a released statement. “The Agriculture Committee has a strong bipartisan tradition, which I look forward to continuing under Chairman Conaway.
Earlier this year Conaway voted in support of the 2014 Farm Bill.
American Soybean Association (ASA) first vice president Wade Cowan congratulated Conaway on behalf of the ASA, according to Feedstuffs.
“Rep. Conaway has a proven track record of representing farmers not only in West Central Texas, but across the country, and he will make a fine chairman,” said Cowan. “As chair of the Agricultural Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, Rep. Conaway exhibited fluent understanding of the complex issues that shape the nation’s farm program, and how those issues can impact soybean farmers in the field. With this understanding, we are confident that soybean farmer issues will continue to be well represented within the Committee, and we look forward to working with him and his able staff.”
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