SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS ARELLANO 12 21 CUBIBURU 25 34 35 38 39 40 HEMSTED 31 37 38 JETER 48 56 60 62 KEITH WILLIAMS 4 KIDD 71 82 83 LANCE KOTSCHWAR 4 LOPES 51 56 57 58 NELSON 28 35 36 PAULI 15 18 20 23 24 PETERSON 9 21 24 25 38 39 40 59 60 61 62 63 84 POMBO 8 11 15 18 19 20 21 25 28 31 33 34 35 36 37 38 41 43 46 48 50 53 55 56 57 58 59 63 68 71 73 75 78 80 81 82 83 84 85 QUICK 68 R 4 RADTKE 73 80 83 ROLLIN 43 56 61 62 63 SMITH 64 82 SOUZA 46 55 63 STEPHEN HATERIUS 4 VANDEN HEUVEL 41 56 58 WILLIAM E. O'CONNER, J 4 ZECH 78 80 83 ZOLLER 76 81 83 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD W. POMBO, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 8 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PAGE 9 STATEMENT OF VANESSA S. ARELLANO, DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE PAGE 12 STATEMENT OF BILL PAULI, PRESIDENT, CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION PAGE 15 STATEMENT OF FLORENCE CUBIBURU, CALIFORNIA WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAGE 25 STATEMENT OF BRAD NELSON, BOARD MEMBER, CALIFORNIA POULTRY INDUSTRY FEDERATION PAGE 28 STATEMENT OF JERRY HEMSTED, PRESIDENT, CALIFORNIA CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION PAGE 31 STATEMENT OF GEOFFREY VANDEN HEUVEL, DIRECTOR, MILK PRODUCERS COUNCIL PAGE 41 STATEMENT OF PAUL ROLLIN, CHAIRMAN, ALLIANCE OF WESTERN MILK PRODUCERS PAGE 43 STATEMENT OF RAY SOUZA, PRESIDENT, WESTERN UNITED DAIRYMEN PAGE 46 STATEMENT OF JOHN J. JETER, PRESIDENT AND CEO, HILMAR CHEESE COMPANY, INC. PAGE 48 STATEMENT OF LOREN LOPES, CALIFORNIA DAIRY CAMPAIGN PAGE 51 STATEMENT OF STEPHEN H. SMITH, BOARD MEMBER, WESTERN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAGE 64 STATEMENT OF BRYCE QUICK, BOARD MEMBER, AMERICAN NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYERS PAGE 68 STATEMENT OF KENTON E. KIDD, PRESIDENT, CALIFORNIA APPLE COMMISSION PAGE 71 STATEMENT OF ROD RADTKE, CHAIRMAN, CALIFORNIA CITRUS MUTUAL, U.S. CITRUS SCIENCE COUNCIL PAGE 73 STATEMENT OF BROC ZOLLER, MEMBER, CALIFORNIA PEAR ADVISORY BOARD PAGE 76 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM ZECH, TRADE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, CALIFORNIA ASPARAGUS COMMISSION PAGE 78 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS