House Agriculture Committee staff tell us that other than the new
Chair, Rep. Collin Peterson from Minnesota, and the new Ranking
Republican, Rep. Bob Goodlatte from Virginia, and Rep. Tim Walz from
Minnesota, there have been no official annoucements on who will be on
the House Agriculture Committee. The full roster should be named by
about mid-January.

In early December, Rep. Collin Peterson announced that the Agriculture
Committee will likely be restructured to have six rather than the
current five subcommittees. He indicated that the subcommittee chairs
will likely be Representatives Tim Holden (PA), Mike McIntrye (NC),
Bob Etheridge (NC), Joe Baca (CA), Dennis Cardoza (CA), and David
Scott (GA), but he did not indicate which members would chair which
committees. Rep. Tim Holden currently is Ranking Minority Member on
the subcommittee that handles USDA conservation programs.

I would expect that most of the current House Agriculture Committee
members will remain on the committee, but we won't know for sure until
then. And, there will likely be some new members added to replace the
7 committee members who either lost in November or did not run for re-
election. As soon as we know, we will pass on that information on this
listserve.

Duane Hovorka
NWF Farm Bill Outreach Coordinator