John Boozman

On Thursday, the Senate Agriculture Consider will consider the nomination of Jennifer Moffitt to a Department of Agriculture post. President Joe Biden nominated Moffit as undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at USDA. Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow and Ranking Member John Boozman announced the hearing, set for Thursday morning ...

On Thursday, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow announced a hearing titled “Examining Markets, Transparency, and Prices from Cattle Producer to Consumer.” The Michigan Democrat, along with the committee’s ranking Republican John Boozman of Arkansas, scheduled the hearing for Wednesday afternoon. Cattle mark ...

The Senate Agriculture Committee held its first hearing on climate change late last week. Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, says sustainable practices farmers are using now help cut down their emissions. Stabenow said, “now it’s time to dramatically scale up this work.” Oklaho ...

By a 92-7 vote Tuesday, the Senate confirmed former Iowa Governor and two term Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to head the USDA yet again. There was really no debate Tuesday, but there was some bipartisan praise from Senate Ag chair Debbie Stabenow and ranking committee member John Boozman ...

By the end of this week, Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow will return to her former position as Chair of the Senate Ag Committee. She noted she’s not not wasting any time, already reaching out to the Ranking Member John Boozman of Arkansas, as well as the U.S. Tr ...

Getting to know the new faces in Congress will be one of the chief priorities for the American Farm Bureau in the New Year. Executive Vice President Dale Moore says they’ll also need to get to know the new people in Ag leadership positions. ...

Current Senate Ag Committee Chair Pat Roberts will be retiring soon, so the logical question is who will replace him.  Roberts, the longtime Senator from Kansas, said he expects John Boozman of Arkansas to take his spot as Chair.  He told the National Journal last week that he thinks Boozman will be an excellent committee Chair.   ...