June 19, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 103 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H4775-H4776]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    INTRODUCING THE FEED EMERGENCY ENHANCEMENT DURING DISASTERS ACT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. Speaker, it is wet in farm country. 
In fact, our corn planting is so far behind that many South Dakota 
producers aren't quite sure how they are going to feed the 5 million 
cattle that are in our State.
  Now, these producers don't want a new government program. They cannot 
feed their cattle dollar bills. What they want, what they need, is the 
flexibility to help themselves.
  That is why Congresswoman Angie Craig and I introduced the FEEDD Act. 
It would provide the USDA the flexibility needed so that producers can 
go in and hay, graze, or chop cover crops that are on prevent plant 
acres and do that before November 1. Moving that date from November 1 
to September 1 could make a real impact. The forage we need will come 
from those acres. It will come from that flexibility.
  Already this bill has received 27 co-sponsors and has been endorsed 
by 17

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national ag groups. I look forward to working with them, to working 
with the Agriculture Committee, to working with House leadership to 
move this concept forward.
  We also have another option. USDA could do this administratively, and 
we continue to discuss with them the opportunity to get this success in 
that way.

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