Source: SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 10/1/21

Farmers and ranchers would be eligible for $10 billion in disaster relief for losses in 2020 and this year under the short-term government funding bill passed by Congress on Thursday. The bill also extended the life of a livestock price-reporting bill until Dec. 3, giving lawmakers time to agree on a multiyear reauthorization. President Biden signed the bill on Thursday night. “All over this country, we are experiencing the difficulty” of natural disasters, said House Appropriations chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, shortly before the House passed the bill, 254-175.

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