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Livestock disaster program backlog

There’s a big backlog of producers waiting to get livestock disaster payments from the new farm bill, especially in drought-stricken states.  Lawmakers at a recent House Agriculture committee hearing complained to USDA Under Secretary Michael Scuse about it. Scuse told them that the USDA is doing what it can, “We’re looking at not only hiring temporary staff and reallocating resources within the state but we’ve also put together ‘jump teams’ from other states that don’t have livestock to go into those states where we do have a backlog and try to deal with that backlog and get it taken care of as quickly as possible.”

But, Scuse said it will take more time because the agency is still receiving a “tremendous amount” of applications.

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