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Western lawmakers ask USDA for more aid to farmers, ranchers stricken by heat, drought and fires | The Spokesman-Review
Western lawmakers ask USDA for more aid to farmers, ranchers stricken by heat, drought and fires | The Spokesman-Review
WASHINGTON – Democrats and Republicans who represent Western states in Congress called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday to provide more aid to farmers and ranchers battling historic heat, drought and wildfires across the region. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, lawmakers from nine states asked the USDA chief to “explore all potential flexibilities for additional relief,” noting that some Northwest berry growers have reported losing up to 80% of their crops to the heat wave that saw temperatures in the region reach as high as 120 degrees in June. “Although the extent of damages relating to the extreme heat has yet to be fully determined, agricultural producers expect these impacts to be severe,” the lawmakers wrote. “As producers continue to assess losses over the next 18 months, it is likely that the total impact of the heat wave will be much higher than current estimates.”
·spokesman.com·
Western lawmakers ask USDA for more aid to farmers, ranchers stricken by heat, drought and fires | The Spokesman-Review
RMA authorizes emergency procedures to help drought-impacted producers | Morning Ag Clips
RMA authorizes emergency procedures to help drought-impacted producers | Morning Ag Clips
WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorizing emergency procedures to help agricultural producers impacted by extreme drought conditions. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is working with crop insurance companies to streamline and accelerate the adjustment of losses and issuance of indemnity payments to crop insurance policyholders in impacted areas.
·morningagclips.com·
RMA authorizes emergency procedures to help drought-impacted producers | Morning Ag Clips
Eastern Washington counties designated as primary natural disaster areas | WAWG
Eastern Washington counties designated as primary natural disaster areas | WAWG
On July 6, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated 14 counties, mostly in Eastern Washington, as primary natural disaster areas. The declaration allows the Farm Service Agency (FSA) the ability to offer emergency loans to producers to help them replace essential equipment, inputs or the refinance of farm-related debts. Producers in 10 Washington counties that are contiguous to the primary counties are also eligible to apply for emergency loans. A federal drought designation is made when a county has a D2 (severe drought) conditions for eight weeks in a row or a D3 (extreme drought) conditions during the growing season. The primary counties are Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman and Yakima. The contiguous counties are Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, King, Lewis, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Pierce and Skamania.
·wawg.org·
Eastern Washington counties designated as primary natural disaster areas | WAWG
Drought has these Eastern Washington farmers worried, but they 'always plant with faith' | The Spokesman-Review
Drought has these Eastern Washington farmers worried, but they 'always plant with faith' | The Spokesman-Review
Nearly all of Washington is in moderate to severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Eastern Washington is mostly a dryland farming region. Producers don’t divert water or irrigate their fields with sprinklers. Their plants can’t grow without rain. “We can’t turn on the irrigation,” Whitman County farmer Gary Bailey said. “Mother Nature does that for us, and she seems to have taken a break this year.” Farmers can see signs of the drought already.
·spokesman.com·
Drought has these Eastern Washington farmers worried, but they 'always plant with faith' | The Spokesman-Review
'Somber Harvest': Crops May Fail, Cattle Sold As The Northwest Descends Into Drought | Northwest Public Broadcasting
'Somber Harvest': Crops May Fail, Cattle Sold As The Northwest Descends Into Drought | Northwest Public Broadcasting
Berg is a dryland wheat farmer in the sweeping Horse Heaven Hills of south-eastern Washington. She shows off one head of half-turned golden wheat amid a sea of them. Besides being too short, the plant’s kernels didn’t fill out properly. “See how the wheat head is curled like that?” Berg asks. “And then you break into it, you might have some berries down here, but this will be empty. There is no wheat inside the wheat head. It’s a sad situation. It’s farming though. You know, thank goodness for crop insurance.”
·nwpb.org·
'Somber Harvest': Crops May Fail, Cattle Sold As The Northwest Descends Into Drought | Northwest Public Broadcasting