Roger McEowen: USDA Livestock Indemnity Program

April 07, 2017 09:00 AM

April 07, 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn (RFD-TV) RFD-TV’s Market Day Report hosts a weekly interview with Roger McEowen, Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation at the Washburn University School of Law, and an affiliate with the Kansas Farm Bureau.

The topic of this week’s interview: The USDA Livestock Indemnity Program – in particular, how it might serve to bring some much needed relief to ranchers in the Great Plains who have lost cattle in the recent wildfires which have devastated the region. Get a quick overview of the program, find out which livestock are eligible, and more in the video above.

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