Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Agriculture and agricultural commodities, agricultural production, marketing and price stabilization, crop insurance and soil conservation, farm credit, animal industry and diseases, pests and pesticides, rural development and electrification, forestry, human nutrition, and food stamp and school nutrition programs.

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has 23 members, made up of 12 Republicans and 11 Democrats. John Boozman chairs it. Amy Klobuchar is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. Senate committee seats are held for the length of a senator term, so membership turns over more slowly than in the House. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.

Jurisdiction source: Senate Rule XXV

How business reaches this committee

Senate Rule XXV lists the subjects above and assigns them here. A bill introduced in the Senate is referred to the committee whose Rule XXV jurisdiction covers its main subject, so measures on these topics start with this committee. From there it can hold hearings, amend the text, report the bill to the full Senate, or leave it alone, which is what happens to most bills.

Subcommittees

The committee divides its work among 5 subcommittees:

  • Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
  • Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
  • Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
  • Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
  • Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit

Who serves on it

23 senators sit on the committee: 12 Republicans and 11 Democrats. That gives the majority 12 of the 23 seats. John Boozman is the chairman. Amy Klobuchar is the ranking member. They come from 20 states.

Following its work

Hearing notices, markup schedules, witness lists and published reports live on the committee’s own site, linked at the top of this page. The full member list below links to each member’s page here, with contact details and the seat they hold. For background on how seats and chairs are handed out, read How congressional committees work. For what happens to a bill after a committee reports it, read How a bill becomes law. To look up who represents a particular place, start at U.S. senators by state.

Members

23 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.

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