Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today I introduce legislation that will enable livestock producers who have been affected by excessive precipitation to have access to emergency feed stocks. The rain producers faced last fall, coupled with the abnormal snowfall this winter and the subsequent rain this spring and summer, has led to major flooding throughout South Dakota, particularly in the northeastern part of our State. Unfortunately, there are many areas in which land that would normally be available for planting was not available because of the wet conditions. As a result of the flooding earlier this year, many producers claimed prevented planting coverage through their crop insurance policies. A side effect of the flooding was that many producers have faced a shortage of forage for their livestock. I have spoken with many producers who would like to be able to plant a secondary crop on land that has qualified for prevented planting coverage for the purposes of providing emergency feed for their own livestock. As currently provided by the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000, in States like South Dakota, which are not permitted to plant two crops during a single year, a producer loses 65 percent of their prevented planting compensation if they plant a secondary crop and harvest or graze that crop before the end of the crop year, which is interpreted as November 1 by the Risk Management Agency, RMA.…”