House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., have worked hard to put together a new farm bill, but the committee’s long-term future is affected by changes in membership and the committee’s lack of attention to the nutrition, organic and local agricultural issues that interest a large number of voters, Jerry Hagstrom writes in a National Journal Daily special edition on the committee.

The special report also features stories on a range of issues facing the committee.

• National Journal Special Report: House Agriculture Committee — A Committee in Transition