date:Aug 04, 2012
e-year reauthorization of the farm bill that includes more comprehensive drought assistance programs as well as a range of other measures. She expressed disappointment that the House had opted for a narrower bill, and said she hoped to work with her counterparts in the House to reach an agreement on a wider multi-year bill in September.
The House drought relief bill would have revived several programs that expired about a year ago which pay ranchers when they lose pastureland or animals due to d