Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 5/18/21


The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee said Tuesday his committee is looking at creating a program to fund permanent disaster relief for producers rather than having to go through an annual appropriation for disaster relief. "It just takes too long and many of our farmers are done away with because we move too slow," Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, said during a "Member Day" hearing in which members of Congress pitched bills to the committee.

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