Stabenow pledges to hold farm bill hearings, tackle environmental issues

In her first major speech on agriculture, incoming Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., told a Michigan agribusiness audience Jan. 11 she is planning a series of farm bill hearings and pledged to be a centrist force in resolving environmental issues facing agriculture. Speaking to the Michigan Agri-Business Association’s annual winter

By: Jerry Hagstrom, Special to Agweek