This bill expands federal livestock disaster assistance programs to help farmers and ranchers recover from natural disasters and adverse weather conditions. It broadens the definition of eligible livestock to include unweaned cattle and clarifies that producers using lease or rental arrangements based on livestock numbers can receive aid. The legislation modifies the Livestock Forage Disaster Program by adjusting payment calculations to account for corn prices and increasing the duration of monthly payments for counties with longer grazing seasons, providing up to eight months of assistance in some cases. It also expands the Emergency Assistance for Livestock program to explicitly cover drought situations, transportation costs for feed and water, and winter stockpile grazing losses. The bill, introduced in June 2023 by Senators Hoeven and Tester, amends existing provisions in the 2014 farm bill but does not specify new funding amounts or implementation timelines.
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