Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) are pushing legislation to deliver additional financial help to ranchers who lost excessive numbers of unborn livestock in a disaster. The bill could assist those in the Texas Panhandle who are working to recover from wildfires that killed at least 15,000 head of cattle, including pregnant cows, earlier this year.
The bill, dubbed the Livestock Indemnity Program Enhancement Act of 2024, would establish additional payments for excessive deaths of unborn livestock under the current indemnity program in the 2018 Farm Bill (pdf).
“Texas ranchers are the backbone of the Texas Agriculture industry,” Mr. Cruz said in a statement. “This will give Texas cattle producers the relief they need to build back their herds and restore this pillar of Texas agriculture.”…
