Risk Management Agency Issues Statement on Collapse of Fort Laramie Irrigation Tunnel
August 23, 2019
August 23, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has issued the following statement by Under Secretary Bill Northey on the crop insurance liability for farmers impacted by the collapse of the Fort Laramie irrigation tunnel:
"USDA has worked with local, state, and federal partners over the past month as they investigated the cause of the Ft. Laramie irrigation tunnel failure, which affected many Nebraska and Wyoming farmers. After reviewing prel . . .
"USDA has worked with local, state, and federal partners over the past month as they investigated the cause of the Ft. Laramie irrigation tunnel failure, which affected many Nebraska and Wyoming farmers. After reviewing prel . . .