Ag committee reviews Dodd-Frank bill

WASHINGTON — The Republican and Democratic lines of questioning couldn’t have been more different Feb. 10 when the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to review the impact of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s implementation of the swaps and derivatives title of the Dodd-Frank financial services bill on farmers, co-ops, agribusinesses and other entities.

By: Jerry Hagstrom, Special to Agweek