Hoeven said it's important that a new farm bill get passed that invests in the farm safety net so that such ad-hoc disaster assistance will no longer be needed. The current farm bill, officially ...

To mitigate crop losses, Congress offered various ad hoc disaster assistance programs, such as the Emergency Relief Program (ERP). ERP has been divided into two phases, with the first phase ...

At the same time, the senator continues his efforts to secure a new farm bill that makes needed investment in the farm safety net to help prevent the need for future ad-hoc disaster assistance.

“With ad hoc assistance, producers and their lenders have no idea what assistance will be available, or which programs they will be eligible for when a disaster strikes. They don’t know if or ...

Hoeven said it's important that a new farm bill get passed that invests in the farm safety net so that such ad-hoc disaster assistance will no longer be needed. The current farm bill, officially ...