Dusty Johnson: “It is wet in farm country. In fact, our corn planting is so far behind that many South Dakota producers aren't quite…”

“It is wet in farm country. In fact, our corn planting is so far behind that many South Dakota producers aren't quite sure how they are going to feed the 5 million cattle that are in our State. Now, these producers don't want a new government program. They cannot feed their cattle dollar bills. What they want, what they need, is the flexibility to help themselves. That is why Congresswoman Angie Craig and I introduced the FEEDD Act. It would provide the USDA the flexibility needed so that producers can go in and hay, graze, or chop cover crops that are on prevent plant acres and do that before November 1. Moving that date from November 1 to September 1 could make a real impact. The forage we need will come from those acres. It will come from that flexibility. Already this bill has received 27 co-sponsors and has been endorsed by 17 national ag groups. I look forward to working with them, to working with the Agriculture Committee, to working with House leadership to move this concept forward. We also have another option. USDA could do this administratively, and we continue to discuss with them the opportunity to get this success in that way. ____________________”