U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Senator John Thune, R-S.D., recently sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to support farmers and ranchers affected by this year’s drought by quickly authorizing the emergency haying and grazing flexibility on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres and providing assistance through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP).
“As drought conditions worsen across the upper Midwest, farmers and ranchers in our states are concerned that certain CRP…
