Farmers ask Congress for $4.5 bln disaster aid
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U.S. farmers and ranchers need $4.5  billion in disaster aid to offset the impact of drought and  floods, 28 farm and agribusiness groups said on Friday as a  pivotal vote neared in the Senate.
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The government promised nearly $800 million in aid Tuesday to ranchers and farmers stricken by a near-record drought.
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The government is offering $968  million in grants to help state and local public safety  agencies buy sophisticated radios and technology for  communications during disasters, the Commerce Department said  on Wednesday.
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By JOHN DOBBERSTEIN World Staff Writer  Drought assistance in the federal package for livestock producers will be distributed by Oklahoma agriculture officials.   Oklahoma will get about $6 million from the U.S.
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By LIBBY QUAID  WASHINGTON - Trying to tighten the federal budget, the Bush administration on Wednesday proposed to reduce farm payments $18 billion over the next five years.
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The House voted Monday to protect aid to farmers who convert to environmentally sound practices. The measure, now on its way to President Bush, would block the Agriculture Department from tapping some of the funding for administrative expenses. The USDA's use of program money for overhead costs farmers about &#36;150 million a year that could help them learn farming methods that protect air, water and wildlife, said Environmental Defense spokesman Scott Faber.
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Extreme rains, interspersed with droughts, could spell disaster for the country's agriculture-based economy, according to research spanning five decades of data.
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By Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--HUTCHINSON -- Disaster aid for drought-stricken parts of the state, money challenges to the 2007 farm bill, changes to farm policy, and gaining markets for U.S.
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U.S President Bush asked Congress on  Tuesday for $691.2 million in new emergency aid to help states  hit by Hurricane Jeanne.
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By John Dobberstein, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 6--Oklahoma will get about $6 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help cattle ranchers hurt by this year's drought.
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Officials yesterday sought international help to rebuild villages ravaged by back-to-back storms that left 566 persons dead and 546 missing in mostly poor northern agricultural regions.
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Relief agencies responding to the disaster in southern Asia, Indonesia and Thailand are seeking financial support locally for their efforts.
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The Bush administration is more than $400 million short in its plan to send emergency food aid to developing countries, leaving 9 million people at risk of going hungry, a coalition of aid groups said on Friday.
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BHUBANESWAR, India  - Flooding triggered by   monsoon rains in the past few days have left 1.5 million people   homeless and damaged thousands of acres of paddy crop in the   eastern Indian state of Orissa, officials said on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON - The House pushed nearly $14.5 billion for hurricane victims and struggling farmers toward passage Saturday as lawmakers sought to shower money on Florida and other pivotal states in the upcoming elections.    After weeks of delay over everything from budget cuts to milk subsidies, House-Senate bargainers added the natural disaster aid to a $10 billion military construction measure...
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President Bush has asked Congress  for an extra $887.4 million in hurricane aid, bringing to $13.8  billion the amount requested, with most of it going to the  presidential election battleground state of Florida.
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The United States responded Saturday to Indonesia&#039;s devastating earthquake with an emergency allocation of &#36;2.5 million for assistance to victims.