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Funds Available to Areas Devastated by Disasters
Jun 30, 2008 1:43 PM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is urging producers affected by floods or tornadoes in several states in the Midwest to immediately apply for aid in presidentially declared disaster areas.
“USDA is encouraging residents and business owners to immediately apply for funding to help them to begin their recovery from these devastating storms,” says Thomas Dorr, Agriculture Department under secretary for Rural Development. “Rural Development has a number of programs that can be used by citizens to help them get back on their feet. These programs can literally assist in building a community from the ground up and we stand ready to help our fellow citizens in the affected states rebuild their communities and their lives.”
USDA Rural Development has grant and loan funds available to rural communities for housing and shelter, public safety, health care and community facilities and business recovery assistance.
For further information on rural programs, contact your local USDA Rural Development office or visit USDA’s Web site.
“Three weeks after flooding devastated many Hoosier farms, time is running out on a number of the benefits available to help,” reports Indiana Agriculture Director Andy Miller.
“Farmers need to respond quickly to apply for disaster assistance ...
At what point do we punt the December Hogs and Pigs Report? That is the question that is weighing on the minds of both market analysts and producers as hog slaughter numbers remain far below expected levels and weights show no signs of "backed up" hogs. I realize there are performance issues, so let's discuss the report, what it suggested for this spring, and the forces that could be driving numbers in various directions.
Friday's Cold Storage report was not wildly bullish, but was certainly good news regarding the status of frozen meat and poultry inventories. Stocks for every species were well below year-ago levels and lower than the already-low levels reported in the December report. Data for all meat and poultry species appears in Table 1 and the monthly species totals are shown in Figure 1 to provide a historical perspective.
