Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Ranking member of the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies, along with Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Debbie
Stabenow (D-Mich.) introduced legislation that would extend agriculture disaster
assistance programs.
"Agriculture
supports 16 million jobs across America, and Missouri has the second highest
number of farms nationwide. This drought has taken a devastating toll on farm
families in Missouri and nationwide, and I won't stop fighting for this critical
disaster relief until we get farmers and ranchers back on their feet again,"
said Blunt
This
program expired at the end of the 2011 Fiscal Year and were not part of the nine
month Farm Bill extension. The bill would backfill the programs for 2012 and
extend them through 2013 while Congress works to pass a long-term Farm Bill.
Without an extension many ranchers and farmers will be left with no support to
recover from severe fires and drought that swept the country last year.
The
Missouri Cattlemen's
Association (MCA) and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association worked
close with Sen. Blunt to stress the need for this legislation. Additionally,
MCA and several statewide agricultural organizations sent a letter to Missouri's congressional delegation on
Jan. 8, 2013, to request that the members of Congress and their colleagues look
for opportunities to provide relief to farm and ranch families in Missouri and
throughout the country.
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