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David Brown, Committee Chairman, Vice President, Procurement, Sara Lee Corportation

Cory Martin - Staff Liaison

Federal Government Relations Manager

cmartin@americanbakers.org


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Wheat Crisis Gaining National Media Attention - Check out these video clips about the wheat crisis

 


 


*Contact Cory Martin by phone (202-789-0300) or email to receive the member ID and password to access the members only section of the CTF website.

 

The Commodity Task Force (CTF) lobbies the United States House of Representatives, Senate, Department of Agriculture officials and other Federal/State government agencies on various aspects of agriculture policy.  CTF members receive crop reports regularly from commodity expert Robert Bresnahan, Trilateral Inc., as well as other relevant and critical commodities information from ABA.

CTF Annual Meeting, June 16, 2008 - ABA Policy Conference

2008

 

July - USDA Inaction on CRP Unacceptable

July - ABA Urges Immediate Action to Lower Consumer Food Prices

July - Recent USDA Actions Not Enough to Alleviate the Food Crisis

June - ABA Applauds Recent CFTC Initiatives to Decrease Market Volatility

May - Grain Promotion in the 2008 Farm Bill

May - New Farm Bill Equals More Consumer Costs

May - ABA Urges Congress to Adopt Action Plan

May - High Food Prices Threaten Small Businesses and Consumers

May - High Food Prices Impact American Families

Apr - ABA Urges the CFTC To Take Action To Decrease Market Volatility

Apr - ABA Invited to Participate on the CFTC Agricultural Meeting

Mar - Efforts to 'Save Our Wheat' Continue

Mar - ABA Announces Three Point Plan

Feb - Big Sugar's Sticky Mess

Jan - Decrease, Not Increase, Market Volatility - ABA Comments on CFTC Rule

Jan - ABA Executive Committee Meets with USDA Secretary Conner

 

2007 PRESS RELEASES

 
 

 

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