Staff Reports
U.S. Congressman Greg Pence recently announced the formation of the Sixth District Agriculture Advisory Board, and hosted its first meeting in Columbus.
The board is comprised of agriculture leaders and innovators from across the district.
Each member on the board serves on a volunteer basis and provides relevant counsel to the Congressman on all matters relating to agriculture, including active legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“The Hoosier state ranks fifth in the nation for corn and soybean production — consistently ranking in every category of commodity and livestock production,” Pence said. “I have called the Sixth District home my whole life, and I am fully committed to spearheading agriculture issues in Congress on behalf of the hard-working farmers that put food on our shelves every day.”
Pence has introduced the H.R. 2460, the Modernizing Agriculture Transportation Act, which would create a working group to study the impact of Electronic Logging Device (ELD) and create changes for Hours of Service rules.
Pence also authored legislation to increase funding for rural broadband programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which passed the House overwhelmingly with bipartisan support in June.
In December, Congressman Pence secured over $642 million to fund additional rural broadband programs, including $555 million for the ReConnect pilot program designed to provide certain flexibilities to unserved and underserved areas.
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Sixth District Agriculture Advisory Board Members include:
Barbara and John Hackman
Hackman Family Farms, Columbus
John Whittington
Grammer Industries, Columbus
Anngie Steinbarger
Steinbarger Farms, Edinburgh
Drew Cleveland
Indiana Farm Bureau, Farmland
Ronnie Mohr
R&S Mohr Family Farms, Inc., Greenfield
Kimmie and Steve Gauck
Gauck’s Meats, Greensburg
Nick and Roger Wenning
Wenning Farms, Inc., Greensburg
Joe Stein
Stein Farms, Inc., Greensburg
Paul D. and Vanessa Corya
Corya Farms, Greensburg
William Gelfius
Gelfius Farms, Hartsville
Jennifer (Clouse) Swope
Clouse Family Farm, NexJen Seed LL, Hope
Lavinia Herzog
Union County Farm Bureau, Liberty
Doug Hobbs
Pioneer Hi-Bred, Madison
Gerald Gauck
Gauck Farms Milan, Milan
Eugene Whitehead
Seldom Rest Farms, Muncie
Brad Ponsler
Ponsler Family Farms, Indiana Farm Bureau, North Vernon
Tom Chalfant
Chalfant Farms, Inc., Parker City
Michael Dora
Dora Enterprises, Rushville
Cindy and Paul Ramsey
Ramsey Farms, Indiana Farm Bureau, Shelbyville, IN
State Representative John (J.D.) Prescott
Indiana House District 33, Prescott Farms, Union City
Ben Brumfield
Brumfield Farms, Cardinal Ethanol, Winchester
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