Members of Congress push to expedite rancher help

By Washington Examiner
Published February 6, 2014 5:00am ET
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Members of Congress push to expedite rancher help
In this Oct. 7, 2013 file photo, a dead cow lies in the snow along Highway 34 east of Sturgis, S.D., another casualty of the early October blizzard. On Jan. 21, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and leaders of the South Dakota Farmers Union and South Dakota Stockgrowers Association said that Congress needs to move quickly to pass a farm bill to help western South Dakota ranchers recovering from the fall blizzard. (AP Photo/Rapid City Journal, Kristina Barker, File) | Kristina Barker

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress pressed the U.S. agriculture secretary Wednesday to expedite a provision in the new farm bill that helps ranchers in the Dakotas and Nebraska recover from an October blizzard.

The nearly $100 billion-a-year federal farm bill, which awaits President Obama’s signature, restarts a livestock disaster program that had expired. Members of the South Dakota and North Dakota delegations were among those urging Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to make sure there are no delays getting the relief money to ranchers.

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