Time Running Out to Apply for Drought Assistance
US - Livestock producers hurt by drought this year have until January 5 to apply for federal assistance to help cover the cost of lost forage.The USDA allocated $575,062 to Wisconsin in order to help partially recover forage production losses due to certain drought conditions in 2006. Funding for this program will be allocated to owners of mature beef cattle, mature sheep, mature grazing dairy cattle, mature bison, mature elk or mature deer.
Source: Wisconsin Ag Connection