Office of Roger Marshall
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D. and U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, alongside U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to request flexibility under the Emergency Livestock Assistance Program and robust assistance for producers rebuilding following recent wildfires. The letter says in part:
“We write today to request flexibility under the Emergency Livestock Assistance Program. Specifically we request the establishment of a winter grazing season and the elimination of the Livestock Needs calculation... Finally, as you work to establish assistance programs for disasters that occurred in 2020 and 2021, we strongly urge you to ensure producers in Kansas who are rebuilding from fires receive robust assistance... We appreciate your agency’s quick response to the needs of the Kansas wildfire victims and ask that you consider these additional changes to allow our family farmers and ranchers to rebuild and continue their operations for the next generation.”
This letter comes on the heels of USDA announcing a primary agricultural disaster designation for counties in Kansas earlier this week and additional grass fires in counties across Kansas this week. Additional information on USDA’s disaster assistance program, including county lists and maps, can be found at http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov.