U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson (R-Minn.) will host a farm meeting in Ada on Monday, April 10.
The meeting will be at 2 p.m. at the Ada VFW. Peterson, the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, will address issues like the budget, the upcoming farm bill, renewable energy, and disaster assistance.
"The President's budget proposal has created a lot of uncertainty for farmers," he said.
Peterson recently introduced new bipartisan legislation to provide disaster relief to farmers and ranchers who have experienced weather-related crop losses, loss of livestock and damage to livestock feed supplies.
"We are pursuing every possible way to get help out there to farmers and ranchers who have struggled to recover from the natural disasters that hit our rural communities hard in 2005," Peterson said.
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The Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 also will assist farmers who were overwhelmed by energy prices that spiked following last year's hurricanes. Energy-related farm expenses increased by more than $6 billion last year compared to the previous year, which reduced farm income.
