Author's Note: Several people deserve to be acknowledged for their help in preparing this document. They include: Randy Green, Staff Director of the Senate Agriculture Committee, for his unfailing support and encouragement; Jeanne O'Leary, my wife and better half, for all her work in editing; Richard Ramponi, Librarian, the U.S. Senate Library, for his unfailing assistance no matter how outlandish my requests; Heather Moore, Photo Historian, U.S. Senate Historical Office, for quickly rounding up all the photos of past Chairmen of the Committee as well as the picture on the front cover; Robert Sturm, Chief Clerk of the Senate Agriculture Committee, for all his work in scanning the photos into computer memory and editing text; Deborah D. Schwertner, Administrative Clerk of the Committee, for her assistance in editing the text; Jeffery A. Zinn, of the Congressional Research Service, who headed efforts to compile a history of the Committee published in 1986; and finally, Chris Salisbury, Hearing Clerk of the Committee for his hard work in proofreading.

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