SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BARRETT 1 4 6 7 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 25 26 28 29 30 37 38 39 40 41 42 45 55 56 59 61 64 67 68 69 70 71 72 BOMER LAURITSEN 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 BRENNER 59 69 70 CHAIRMAN 5 12 16 17 22 23 24 25 CORBETT 42 45 52 53 54 55 DEES 56 57 67 68 ETHERIDGE 21 22 HOBBIE 61 70 71 JOHNSON 18 19 20 29 30 KLECKNER 31 37 38 39 MCINTYRE 20 21 MICKELSON 48 53 54 55 56 MINGE 3 14 15 16 18 26 27 28 34 37 48 51 53 54 55 MITCHELL 34 40 41 MORAN 30 SCHUMACHER 8 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 25 26 27 28 29 SHEESLEY 28 STABENOW 30 UTLAUT 45 53 54 55 WILSON 64 71 72 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BILL BARRETT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. DAVID MINGE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PAGE 3 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF OREGON PAGE 5 STATEMENT OF AUGUST SCHUMACHER, JR., ADMINISTRATOR, FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 8 STATEMENT OF DEAN KLECKNER, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION PAGE 31 STATEMENT OF LARRY W. MITCHELL, VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, NATIONAL FARMERS UNION PAGE 34 STATEMENT OF CRAIG CORBETT, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BARLEY GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAGE 42 STATEMENT OF RYLAND UTLAUT, VICE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAGE 45 STATEMENT OF BILL MICKELSON, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, U.S. CANOLA ASSOCIATION PAGE 48 STATEMENT OF STEPHEN DEES, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. PAGE 57 STATEMENT OF KYD D. BRENNER, VICE PRESIDENT, CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION PAGE 59 STATEMENT OF KENNETH HOBBIE, PRESIDENT AND CEO, U.S. FEED GRAINS COUNCIL PAGE 61 STATEMENT OF WINSTON WILSON, PRESIDENT, U.S. WHEAT ASSOCIATES PAGE 64 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING