By: Newsroom
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Nebraska's U.S. Senate candidates are trying to get help to farmers and ranchers suffering not only from the fires, but record drought.
Both Democrat Bob Kerrey and Republican candidate Deb Fischer have toured the wildfire areas and called on Congress to pass the federal farm bill, which includes disaster assistance for wildfires and drought.
And both have different views on how to help. Kerrey wants to speed up the process of offering low-interest loans to producers and to expand the crop insurance program to include grazing land.
Fischer wants to waive conservation program obligations during severe drought and temporarily suspend weight and length requirements on vehicles transporting feed and livestock to disaster areas.
