As this week progressed, it appears there is growing support for a one-year extension of the 2008 Farm Bill including disaster provisions for livestock producers. The drought is deteriorating crops but crop producers will find relief from crop insurance payments. Livestock producers are far less fortunate, especially as many livestock disaster provisions expired at the end of 2011 and are not currently in effect. House Republicans do not have party line support for a five-year farm bill, which has made leaders reluctant to bring it to the floor for a vote. In his weekly press conference Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he believed the House would address the livestock disaster situation before going home in August and a vote may come as early as Wednesday. (more) July 27, 2012 Feed Stuffs