Disaster aid seen covering farm losses around U.S
September 8, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congress will include disaster aid
for U.S. farmers, including those hit by drought in the
Midwest, as part of spending bills to aid recovery from
Hurricane Katrina, the Senate Agriculture Committee chairman
said on Thursday.
Chairman Saxby Chambliss also said he expected a delay in
work on $3.1 billion in agriculture budget cuts because of the
focus on mammoth hurricane damage. The cuts were ordered
earlier this year as part of an effort to cut the overall
federal budget deficit.
“We will have an agriculture disaster portion” in the
post-Katrina spending bills,” said Chambliss, Georgia
Republican, in response to questions from farm reporters. He
said it was too early to estimate farm losses.
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