SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS NO SPEAKERS DEFINED IN THIS HEARING CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LARRY COMBEST, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS PAGE 7 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BILL BARRETT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA PAGE 11 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JERRY MORAN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF KANSAS PAGE 13 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN R. THUNE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA PAGE 14 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. GIL GUTKNECHT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PAGE 15 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. TOM LATHAM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF IOWA PAGE 16 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LEE TERRY, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA PAGE 17 STATEMENT OF KEITH COLLINS, CHIEF ECONOMIST, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 19 STATEMENT OF ROY FREDERICK, PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PAGE 25 STATEMENT OF MERLYN CARLSON, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, STATE OF NEBRASKA PAGE 47 STATEMENT OF GENE HUGOSON, COMMISSIONER, MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 50 STATEMENT OF DARRELL CRUEA, SECRETARY, SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 53 STATEMENT OF HOMER BUELL, PRESIDENT, NEBRASKA CATTLEMEN ASSOCIATION, ROSE, NEBRASKA PAGE 76 STATEMENT OF SCOTT VANDERWAL, VANDERWAL FARMS, INC., VOLGA, SD PAGE 79 STATEMENT OF ANNETTE DUBAS, CATTLE AND GRAIN PRODUCER, FULLERTON, NE PAGE 83 STATEMENT OF MAX WALDO, WALDO FARMS, DEWITT, NE PAGE 86 STATEMENT OF STEVE PETERSON, LIVESTOCK AND WHEAT PRODUCER, SMITH CENTER, KS PAGE 91 STATEMENT OF MARK W. KEPLER, VICE-PRESIDENT, NEBRASKA WHEAT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, CHAPPELL, NE PAGE 113 STATEMENT OF BILL NORTHEY, PAST PRESIDENT, NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION, SPIRIT LAKE, IA PAGE 115 STATEMENT OF LOUIS KEHN, CORN, SOYBEAN AND WHEAT PRODUCER, BONESTEEL, SD PAGE 118 STATEMENT OF RANDY CRUISE, CRUISE FARMS, PLEASANTON, NE PAGE 122 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING