Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., announced Wednesday that the committee hearing on avian influenza scheduled for Tuesday has been moved to 3 p.m.

The hearing will be held in Room 328A of the Russell Senate Office Building.

Roberts also announced the following witnesses:

• John Clifford, deputy administrator, Agriculture Department Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services.
• David Swayne, laboratory director, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, Agriculture Department Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Ga.
• James Dean, chairman, United Egg Producers, Sioux Center, Iowa
• Ken Klippen, president, National Association of Egg Farmers, Collegeville, Penn.
• Brad Moline, manager, owner, Moline Farms LLC, Manson, Iowa
• Rob Knecht, president, vice president of operations, Michigan Allied Poultry Industries and Konos, Inc., Martin, Mich.
• Thomas Elam, president, FarmEcon LLC, Carmel, Ind.