Stabenow Appointed Chairman of Senate Agriculture Panel

WASHINGTONSen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) has been appointed chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and will assume the post from Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) next year.

Stabenow has served on the Agriculture committees in the Michigan legislature, U.S. House of Representatives and currently the U.S. Senate. She was instrumental in achieving significant victories for Michigan in passage of the most recent Farm Bill, including the addition of a new fruit and vegetable title to the Act.

"I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, as we begin writing a new farm bill that once again recognizes the importance of America's agricultural economy and rural communities," she said.