Federal Aid Lacking for Midwest Farmers Who Lost Grain, Seed in Flooding
At a Glance Federal aid doesn't cover damage to crops in storage.Farmers stand to lose billions of bushels of grain and seed.Many farmers fear this will put them out of business. Farmers throughout Iowa and Nebraska are reeling after being told that federal disaster aid won’t cover all of their losses, specifically any due to crops that were already harvested before the flood and now sit in swamped grain bins, silos or other storage areas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...