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STATEMENT OF 



DOUG HOPPER 



CHAIRMAN OP RIGHT CHOICE TASK PORCE 



BEPORE THE 



LIVESTOCK SUBCOMMITTEE 



OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1993 



Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Subcommittee on 

 behalf of the Right Choice Committee, an informal group of egg producers and industry 

 representatives who have come together in order to secure approval of an amendment to 

 the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act. My name is Doug Hoffer, Vice President 

 of Processing and Marketing for Creighton Brothers, a diversified farming operation located 

 in Warsaw, Indiana. The proposed amendment would permit the industry to vote to 

 increase the assessment for the American Egg Board, and would exempt producers with less 

 than 50,000 laying hens from the assessment. 



Mr. Chairman, I am proud to have been a part of the egg industry for three decades 

 and to have been a supporter of the industry's effort to improve acceptance of and demand 

 for its product during my career. I believe that agricultural producers must aggressively 

 improve their ability to market their products, as well as their production ability if they are 

 to remain competitive. 



