The U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management is one of four subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
This subcommittee has jurisdiction over legislation on agricultural commodities, including cotton, dairy products, feed grains, wheat, tobacco, peanuts, sugar, wool, rice, oilseeds and soybeans and price and income support programs.
The subcommittee was renamed for the 112th United States Congress (2011).
It was previously:
The Subcommittee is chaired by Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Saxby Chambliss of Georgia.
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