NATION : $3.5 Billion Paid in Drought Relief
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<i> From Times wire services </i>
WASHINGTON — More than 736,000 farmers and ranchers have received a total of $3.5 billion in aid under the 1988 drought relief law, according to Department of Agriculture figures released today. A total of $333 million was paid in April.
The drought law is the largest federal disaster program ever approved by Congress. Weeks of searing heat slashed U.S. grain production by 26% last year.
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