11:00 AM EDT
Field Hearing, Burlington, Colorado - Hearing on the High Plains: Combating Drought With Innovation
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources
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WITNESSES:
PANEL 1
Mr. Robert Sakata
Agricultural Water Policy Advisor
Colorado Department of Agriculture
Brighton, CO
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Mr. Peter Goble
Climatologist
Colorado Climate Center
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
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Ms. Constance C. Owen
Director
Kansas Water Office
Topeka, KS
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Mr. Christopher A. Redmond
Assistant Meteorologist, Kansas Mesonet Manager
Agronomy
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
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Mr. Alexander Funk
Director of Water Resources and Senior Counsel
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
Denver, CO
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PANEL 2
Ms. Kate Greenberg
Commissioner of Agriculture
Colorado Department of Agriculture
Broomfield, CO
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Mr. Don Brown
Director
Republican River Water Conservation District
Yuma, CO
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Mr. Earl D. Lewis Jr.
Chief Engineer and Director of Water Resources
Division of Water Resources
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Manhattan, KS
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Mr. Patrick Milan Janssen
President
Kansas Water PACK
Kinsley, KS
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Mr. Cleave Simpson
General Manager
Rio Grande Water Conservation District
Alamosa, CO
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PANEL 3
Mr. Curtis E. Sayles
Owner and Manager
CFS Farms
Seibert, CO
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Mr. Carlyle Currier
President
Colorado Farm Bureau
Molina, CO
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Mr. Jeff Sternberger
Owner and General Manager
Midwest Feeders, Inc.
Ingalls, KS
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Mrs. Amy France
Vice Chair
National Sorghum Producers
Scott City, KS
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Ms. Sarah Parmar
Director of Conservation
Colorado Open Lands
Lakewood, CO
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https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-on-the-high-plains-combating-drought-with-innovation
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Senate Agriculture Subcommittee Field Hearing on Impact of Drought on Agriculture
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