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Disaster Assistance
| Introduction |
| Because of last summer's financial loss to horse owners and breeders due
to Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome, Congress has been examining the issue of
broader disaster assistance for horse owners. |
| Background |
In the past, horse owners have had to face a natural disaster alone. If a horse
operation suffered a loss due to a natural disaster, that horse owner was not eligible
for assistance from the Farm Service Agency. However, if that operation had cattle,
swine, poultry or other traditional livestock, they would have been eligible to collect
payments on those animals.
There is no reason why horse owners should not be eligible for federal assistance
like producers of other crops and livestock affected by an emergency or disaster.
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