Please note schedule changes!
Members of Senator Michael Bennet’s legislative staff from his Washington, D.C. and Colorado offices are traveling throughout Eastern Colorado on a three-day listening tour January 9 – 11, 2012 to hear ideas from producers and others in the agricultural community on the Farm Bill and keeping Colorado agriculture competitive. Grant Colvin, Agricultural Legislative Aide, Becca Montgomery, State Policy Director and Dwight Gardner, Regional Director for Southern Colorado – Eastern Plains will be attending these meetings. The Producers Meetings are the ones best suited for attendance by CAWG members and wheat farmers.
2012 FARM BILL EASTERN PLAINS TOUR
Agricultural Competitiveness in Colorado Tour
Members of Senator Michael Bennet’s legislative staff from his Washington, D.C. and Colorado offices are traveling throughout Eastern Colorado on a four-day listening tour to hear ideas from producers and others in the agricultural community.
Meetings will include Competitive Colorado Agriculture Roundtables, as well as producer meetings focused on the Farm Bill. The Competitive Colorado Agriculture Roundtables will be a discussion about what we can do at the federal level to make sure Colorado Agriculture remains competitive nationally and internationally. Topics will include government regulation, creating strong rural communities, and trade.
If you are a member of the Colorado agricultural community and would like to participate in these meetings, we welcome your attendance.
Please RSVP to Regional Director James Thompson for the Wray and Greeley meetings:
James_Thompson@bennet.senate.gov or 970-224-2200
Please RSVP to Regional Director Dwight Gardner for all other meetings:
Dwight_Gardner@bennet.senate.gov or 719-542-7550
Eastern Plains Tour
January 9 – Wray
Grant Colvin, Agricultural Legislative Aide
Becca Montgomery, State Policy Director
James Thompson, Regional Director for Northern Colorado – Eastern Plains
Wray Public Library, 301 W. 7th St., Wray, CO
9:00 am – 11:00 am Competitive Colorado Agriculture Roundtable
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Agricultural Producers Meeting – Farm Bill
January 10 – Burlington and Eads
Grant Colvin, Agricultural Legislative Aide
Becca Montgomery, State Policy Director
Dwight Gardner, Regional Director for Southern Colorado – Eastern Plains
Burlington Community Center, 340 S. 14th St. Burlington, CO
8:00 am – 10:00 am Competitive Colorado Agriculture Roundtable
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Agricultural Producers Meeting – Farm Bill
Kiowa County Courthouse, 1305 Goff St., Eads, CO
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Kiowa County Commissioners & Grain Producers Meeting
January 11 – La Junta and Limon
Grant Colvin, Agricultural Legislative Aide
Becca Montgomery, State Policy Director
Dwight Gardner, Regional Director for Southern Colorado – Eastern Plains
Ed Stafford Theatre, Otero Junior College, 1802 Colorado Ave., La Junta, CO
8:00 am – 10:00 am Competitive Colorado Agriculture Roundtable
10:30 am – 12:00am Agricultural Producers Meeting – Farm Bill
Lincoln County Economic Development, 790 Main St., Limon
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Competitive Colorado Agriculture Roundtable
January 12 – Greeley
Grant Colvin, Agricultural Legislative Aide
Becca Montgomery, State Policy Director
James Thompson, Regional Director for Northern Colorado – Eastern Plains
Pawnee Conference Room, Weld County Admin Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley
10:30 am – 11:30 am Dairy Producers Meeting
11:30 am – 1:30 pm Agricultural Producers Meeting – Farm Bill
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Competitive Colorado Agriculture Roundtable
