Agricultural and Food Policy
 Agri Outlook Radio
Number 208
USDA Schedules 3 Public Meetings to Discuss Impact of 2008 Farm Bill on
Swine and Poultry Industries (2:02 minutes)
Audio/Video Script:
Robert Coats, Ph.D.
Extension Economist and Professor
University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture
I’m Robert Coats Extension Economist University of Arkansas Division of
Agriculture.
USDA has scheduled three public meetings to discuss impact of 2008 farm bill
on swine and poultry industries.
USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) will
hold three Town Hall meetings on implementation of the 2008 Farm Bill where
members of the public can provide comments and recommendations related to the
swine and poultry industries.
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) will use
comments and recommendations gathered at these meetings to write the regulations
needed to implement sections 11005 and 11006 of the 2008 Farm Bill. USDA
requests the following from those attending:
- First, those attending
these meetings should be prepared to discuss the specific provisions,
the problems Congress needs to address through the Farm Bill, and
possible regulatory solutions that would correct those problems.
- Second, attendees are
requested to discuss potential benefits and costs of their
recommendations as well.
The meetings will be in Arkansas, Iowa, and Georgia, and will run from 6 to 8
p.m. each day. Dates and locations are:
October 14, 2008
Crawford County Cooperative Extension Office
105 Pointer Trail West
Van Buren, Arkansas 72956
October 16, 2008
Iowa State University Scheman Building
Room 275
1810 Lincoln Way
Ames, Iowa 50010
October 22, 2008
Hall County FSA Building
734 East Crescent Drive
Gainesville, Georgia 30501
If you are unable to attend one of these meetings, you can comment via an
audio bridge by calling 870-950-5739; the participant pass code is 6969173#.
During the meeting, you can send questions or comments to
Jeana.M.Harbison@usda.gov.
This has been Robert Coats Extension Economist University of Arkansas
Division of Agriculture.
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