ND Department of Agriculture
Testimony, Speeches and Comments
Year 2000

October 30, 2000

A letter to Rebecca Davis, Production, Emergencies and Compliance Division, Farm Service Agency, USDA, Washington, DC.   Submitting the following comments on the proposed rule regarding contract violations and diminution in payments with respect to fruit and vegetable planting payment reductions (Federal Register, Vol. 65, No. 195, pgs. 59759-59761).

May 16, 2000

A letter to The Honorable Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives and The Honorable Trent Lott, Majority Leader on the issue of maintaining your strong commitment on the U.S. trade with China from the Commissioners, Secretaries and Directors of agriculture of our respective states.

August 28, 2000

Comments given by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Roger Johnson and Mike Clemens, President of the North Dakota Corn Growers Association on the proposed rule for the Bioenergy Program  (Federal Register/ Vol. 65, No. 145, Thursday, July 27, 2000, pgs. 46115-46119).

June 29, 2000

Testimony of Roger Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of North Dakota, to  House Agriculture Committee, on review of factors affecting domestic and international agricultural input prices.

June 9, 2000

Comments given by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Roger Johnson on the interim rule for the Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (Federal Register/ Vol. 65, No. 92, Thursday, May 11, 2000, pgs. 30345-30351).

June 5, 2000

Comments given by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Roger Johnson on the proposed Organic Rules.

May 1, 2000

Testimony of Roger Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of North Dakota, to  House Agriculture Committee, Field Hearing, Sioux Falls, South Dakota on May 2, 2000.

April 26, 2000

Testimony of  Roger Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of North Dakota  relating to U.S.-Canada trade and global agricultural trade issues at the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission Hearing in Kansas City, MO.

April 14, 2000

Livestock Mandatory Reporting comments given by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Roger Johnson in a April 14, 2000 letter to John E. Van Dyke, Chief, Livestock and Grain Market News Branch, Washington, DC 20250-0252.

January 20, 2000

Grassland comments given by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Roger Johnson in a January 20, 2000 letter to Larry Dawson, Northern Great Plains Planning, Chadron, Nebraska.