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Idaho Lawmakers Calling for Aid to Farmers

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(POCATELLO, ID) — All four members of the Idaho congressional delegation are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to come to the aid of Idaho farmers affected by massive rainstorms last month.

U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, and U.S. Reps. Mike Simpson and Raul Labrador, are asking the USDA to promptly approve any request by an Idaho county to be declared a disaster area because of rain damage to crops.

Such declarations would make USDA emergency low-interest loans available to any eligible farmer in or near a county declared a disaster.

The Idaho State Journal reports that thus far Twin Falls, Clearwater and Jerome counties have requested USDA disaster declarations and other counties are expected to shortly follow suit.

Throughout Eastern Idaho much of the wheat and barley crops have been decimated.

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