date:Aug 04, 2012
tance bill, let's not do something short term that's less what producers across the country want us to do, she said.
Most farm losses from the drought are covered by crop insurance, but livestock producers are not.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R., Okla.) said completing a full five-year farm bill remains important to him, but the drought legislation is a priority.
Ranchers are in dire need, Mr. Lucas said. We have a drought...and I'm here to provide a solution.
But Rep. Jare