Senator John Hoeven is hosting a field hearing of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee at Grand Farm’s Innovation Campus near Wheatland today.
Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member John Boozman (R-Ark.), and committee members Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are attending the hearing.
“We’ve put NDSU together with Grand Farm and the Ag Research Service, ARS at USDA, Department of Ag, into a formal cooperative agreement. We’re not just working together. We have a formal collaborative relationship now, which we fund through ag appropriations, that is just building on that synergy in regard to precision agriculture, ag research and the future of agriculture. And so, this hearing is not just about what we’re doing here in the valley, but how it affects the entire country,” Hoeven said.
“We talk about the very best farmers and ranchers that produce at the highest quality, lowest cost, food supply in the world that benefits every single American,” according to Hoeven. “Every single day, and many others around the globe.”
Panel witnesses for the event include North Dakota farmer Josh Gackle, President of the American Soybean Association, and Minnesota farmer Harold Wolle, President of the National Corn Growers Association.
Hoeven is holding the hearing to discuss the future of agriculture technology and research, including North Dakota’s role in advancing the next generation of precision agriculture technology.
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