Baird leads inaugural subcommittee hearing on agricultural innovation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Indiana 4th District Congressman Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) led the inaugural 118th Congress hearing of the Conservation, Research and Biotechnology Subcommittee as the subcommittee’s chairman Thursday.
The hearing examined the implementation of key research programs within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), research program efficacy and opportunities within these programs to increase productivity across the Agriculture Industry.
“Since 2019, we have witnessed the resiliency of the American producer; record inflation, a global pandemic, geopolitical turmoil and burdensome regulations have tested our farmers and ranchers in ways that are unimaginable,” Congressman Baird said. “Our producers answered the call to continue their vital work of providing the safest and most affordable food, fiber, and energy supply, and we owe it to them to continue taking inventory of the ways our government serves them by preserving the most effective programs and implementing new ways of increasing productivity and efficiency for future generations of farmers and ranchers.”