Kansas Launches Program To Help Livestock Producers
Associated Press - Wed 08:54 AM 08/01/2012
The state will provide up to $2,000 per project and up to $4,000 to each landowner
Kansas has launched a cost-sharing program to help farmers and ranchers increase water supplies for livestock as the state remains in severe drought.
The State Conservation Commission voted this week to spend $500,000 from existing funds for water projects, mainly in pastures that have little or no water supplies.
The state will provide up to $2,000 per project and up to $4,000 to each landowner. The Kansas Department of Agriculture is asking applicants to focus on restoring existing ponds, developing wells and springs or completing water storage projects.
Officials say applications should be submitted through county conservation districts. The department's Division of Conservation will review the applications.
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RedNeckWatch
Thursday 2 August 2012 01:37 Report this comment
THis is another giveaway of taxpayer money that is totally at odds with the values of the Republican Party. If a farmer cannot afford to water is herd, then the farmer is an inefficient producer that the market will eliminate to make room for a more efficient farmer who can provide water to a herd without taxpayer subsidies. This is an example of what the Tea party has been trying to STOP. It is not personal against those inefficient farmers, but simple economics that protect taxpayer money for truly essential government duties like law enforcment.