The U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety is one of five subcommittees of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
This subcommittee has jurisdiction over legislation on foreign agricultural trade, foreign market development, as well as agriculture product promotion and domestic marketing programs. It oversees international commodity agreements and export controls on agricultural commodities, foreign assistance programs and Food for Peace, marketing orders, inspection and certification of meat, flowers, fruit, vegetables and livestock.
Name changes
The subcommittee was renamed for the 119th United States Congress (2025). It was previously: 117th–118th Congresses: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security 115th–116th Congresses: Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture Security 112th–114th Congresses: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security Prior to 112th Congress: Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health
Members, 119th Congress
MajorityMinority John Hoeven, North Dakota, Chair John Thune, South Dakota Deb Fischer, Nebraska Joni Ernst, Iowa Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi Jim Justice, West Virginia Elissa Slotkin, Michigan, Ranking Member Peter Welsh, Vermont Tina Smith, Minnesota Dick Durbin, Illinois Cory Booker, New Jersey Ex officio John Boozman, Arkansas Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Historical membership rosters 118th Congress MajorityMinority Kirsten Gillibrand, New York, Chair Peter Welch, Vermont Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico Dick Durbin, Illinois Cory Booker, New Jersey Sherrod Brown, Ohio John Hoeven, North Dakota, Ranking Member Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi Roger Marshall, Kansas Deb Fischer, Nebraska John Thune, South Dakota Ex officio Debbie Stabenow, Michigan John Boozman, Arkansas
References
External links Senate Agriculture Committee, Subcommittee Page