The House Agriculture Committee will hold three oversight hearings and a business meeting next week.
Wednesday

• The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry will hold a hearing on conservation programs.

Thursday

• The full committee will hold a business meeting on the Activity Report of the Committee on Agriculture for the first quarter of the 112th Congress, as required by House rules.
• The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture will hold a hearing “to review opportunities and benefits of agricultural biotechnology.”

Friday

• The House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management will hold a hearing on crop insurance.