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USDA Buys Meat to Help Farmers During Drought

Source: Wall Street Journal | Nation | August 14, 2012

Lawmakers Press Obama for Action on Mississippi River

Mr. Obama used his first stop in Iowa to announce that the Agriculture Department would purchase $170 million of pork, chicken, lamb and catfish in an attempt to alleviate the burden put on U.S. farmers from the drought.

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Lawmakers Press Obama for Action on Mississippi River

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