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Emergency livestock feed programs: The USDA
was given permanent authority by the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988
to implement an array of emergency livestock feed programs. These programs were
designed to assist livestock producers who lose a significant amount of feed
grown on the farm due to a natural disaster. The primary livestock feed programs
implemented by USDA were: (1) the Emergency Feed Assistance Program (EFAP),
which provided farmers who experienced a large loss of feed production with
government-owned grain at a subsidized price, and, (2) the Emergency Feed
Program (EFP), a cost-share program for farmers affected by a disaster who
purchased their needed feed in the marketplace. To meet mandated budget savings
requirements, the FAIR Act of 1996 suspended these
programs from the law through 2002.
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