Source: AGWEB, 5/7/29


Throughout 2018 and 2019 farmers across the country suffered at the hands of Mother Nature. Wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes, and most recently massive flooding have wreaked havoc on rural America and farmers’ bottom lines. A $17 billion disaster aid bill, which has met numerous snags along each step of the process, is moving to the House rules committee today, a sign relief for affected producers could be near. “The total economic contribution of agriculture in congressional districts in which major natural disasters occurred in 2018 and 2019 is estimated at $83.8 billion and encompasses 419,000 direct agriculture-related jobs,” says John Newton of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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