date:Jul 19, 2012
corn and soybeans, as well as pasture- and range-land, the USDA said Wednesday.
Five government disaster programs designed by Congress that paid out hundreds of millions of dollars to drought-affected farmers in recent years lapsed in September last year.
USDA announced last week a reduction on the interest rate for emergency loans to 2.25% from 3.75%. The agency also eased restrictions on grazing and haying on lands designated for conservation, in an effort to provide cheap feed to livestock pr