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FAC assesses drought
Local members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Agriculture Council (FAC) have been monitoring the drought situation in the area and have submitted damage assessment reports to the Governor’s office. FAC is comprised of representatives of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), Extension Service, Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), and U.S. Forest Service (FS).
Local offices of the ASCS have been receiving inquiries as to the availability of special assistance programs to relieve the drought situation. For areas designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, assistance becomes available in the form of low interest loans through the Farmers Home Administration and through implementation of the Emergency Feed Assistance Program through ASCS.
Many inquiries have been received regarding the purchase of hay or availability of hay, ASCS officials said. The program, however, does not provide hay. Eligible livestock producers who do not have enough feed on hand, and who have suffered at least a 50 percent loss in feed they normally produce on their farm, may be eligible to purchase corn from government supplies at a cost of $1.56 per bushel.
The emergency feed assistance program has a 90-day feeding period, and only those producers who do not have a 90-day feed supply on hand (including hay and other feeds) will be eligible for the low cost corn. More information may be obtained from the local office of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.
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