Bearden currently serves as PCG Chairman and operates a 6,000 acre diversified family farming operation in Yoakum County, Texas producing cotton, peanuts, wheat, milo and black-eyed peas. Bearden's farming operation falls within the boundaries of the 19th Congressional District served by Congressman Randy Neugebauer of Lubbock. Neugebauer has served as a member of the Agriculture Committee since his election in 2003.

Spinks resides in MIdland County, Texas and operates a 3,000 acre cotton operation located in Texas' 11th Congressional District, which is represented on the Ag Committee by Congressman Mike Conaway of Midland.

The following is a complete list of the witnesses invited to present testimony to the Committee May 9.
Panel I: Mr. Al Spinks - Cotton Producer, Midland, Texas; Mr. Jack Norman - Wheat, Corn, Soybean, Hay and Cattle Producer, Howe, Texas; Mr. Ricky Bearden - Cotton, Peanut, Sorghum and Wheat Producer, Plains, Texas; Mr. Dee Vaughan - Corn, Cotton, Wheat, Soybean and Seed Sorghum Producer, Dumas, Texas; Mr. Dale Artho - Sorghum, Wheat and Cotton Producer, Stocker, Wildorado, Texas; Mr. Daniel Berglund - Rice Producer, Wharton, Texas; Mr. J.C. "James" Overstreet - Peanut Producer, Dilley, Texas.
Panel II: Mr. Dale Smith - Cow-Calf Producer, Stocker and Feeder, Amarillo, Texas; Mr. Glen Fisher - Sheep, Meat Goat and Cattle Producer, Sonora, Texas; Mr. Brian Boehning - Dairy Producer, Muleshoe, Texas; Mr. Dale Murden - Sugar Cane, Cotton, Grain Sorghum, Corn, Citrus and Vegetable Producer, Monte Alto, Texas.