Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Senator Debbie Stabenow, and Ranking Member, Senator Pat Roberts, announced assignments for the Committee’s five subcommittees for the 112th Congress this week.

A list of the Chair and Ranking Member for each subcommittee follows:

Subcommittee on Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management
Chairman: Bill Nelson (D-NE)
Ranking Member: Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)

Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation
Chairman: Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Ranking Member: John Thune (R-SD)

Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources
Chairman: Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Ranking Member: John Boozman (R-AR)

Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research
Chairman: Robert Casey (D-PA)
Ranking Member: Dick Lugar (R-IN)

Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security
Chairman:  Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY)
Ranking Member: Mike Johanns (R-NE)

A list of full member assignments for these subcommittees can be found here: http://ag.senate.gov/site/news.html