The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that it is extending the time ranchers in Oklahoma and other drought-stricken states can graze cattle on land set aside in a conservation program. Emergency grazing will now be allowed until Oct. 31 — a month longer — without a reduction in payment from the Conservation Reserve Program. The policy change applies to farmers and ranchers who have already been approved for emergency grazing in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and other states in drought conditions. The Farm Service Agency will also allow producers to use harvested hay from acres leaving the Conservation Reserve Program, though there will be a rental payment reduction...more
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