{"id":4476,"date":"2018-09-06T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-wyden-secure-usda-relief-for-farmers-whose-crops-were-devastated-by-wildfires\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:09","slug":"merkley-wyden-secure-usda-relief-for-farmers-whose-crops-were-devastated-by-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-secure-usda-relief-for-farmers-whose-crops-were-devastated-by-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y Wyden obtienen ayuda del USDA para agricultores cuyos cultivos fueron devastados por incendios forestales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left;\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Los senadores estadounidenses de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, anunciaron hoy que el Departamento de Agricultura de EE. UU. permitir\u00e1 a los agricultores de trigo de los condados de Sherman y Wasco cuyos cultivos fueron devastados por los incendios forestales sembrar cultivos de cobertura, preservando sus tierras para la pr\u00f3xima temporada de cultivo sin poner en peligro su cobertura de seguro de cosechas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cEsta asistencia es un paso hacia la recuperaci\u00f3n de los agricultores y ganaderos cuyas cosechas se han perdido por los incendios\u201d. <b>dijo Merkley. <\/b>\u201cAdem\u00e1s de permitir que nuestros agricultores hagan lo mejor para sus tierras y proteger las cosechas futuras, necesitamos una financiaci\u00f3n significativa para la recuperaci\u00f3n despu\u00e9s de esta devastaci\u00f3n. Seguir\u00e9 trabajando con mis colegas para impulsar la ayuda de emergencia que necesitan nuestros agricultores y ganaderos\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&quot;Los agricultores y ganaderos que se recuperan de los incendios que devastaron sus cultivos pueden usar esta ayuda para seguir adelante con la restauraci\u00f3n de negocios que son vitales para las zonas rurales de Oreg\u00f3n&quot;. <b>dijo Wyden.<\/b> \u201cSeguir\u00e9 trabajando con ellos y mis colegas en otras piezas esenciales de este esfuerzo de recuperaci\u00f3n, incluida la ayuda de emergencia que es clave para su recuperaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&quot;Oregon Farm Bureau agradece a los senadores Merkley y Wyden por sus esfuerzos para ayudar a los productores en Wasco y el condado de Sherman que sufren los efectos devastadores de los incendios forestales&quot;. <b>dijo la Oficina Agr\u00edcola de Oreg\u00f3n.<\/b> \u201cLa capacidad de plantar cultivos de cobertura y seguir cumpliendo con los programas de leyes agr\u00edcolas es fundamental\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>M\u00faltiples grandes incendios han causado estragos en las comunidades de los condados de Sherman y Wasco. Uno de los incendios, el Substation Fire de 78,000 acres, fue clasificado como el de mayor prioridad en la naci\u00f3n durante un per\u00edodo de tiempo. Los incendios destruyeron miles de acres de trigo de primera calidad, dejando algunos campos yermos y expuestos a la erosi\u00f3n del viento y el agua, particularmente riesgosos en \u00e1reas ventosas como los condados de Sherman y Wasco.<\/p>\n<p>El 6 de agosto, Merkley y Wyden escribieron al Secretario de Agricultura de los EE. UU., Sonny Perdue, pidi\u00e9ndole apoyo a la solicitud de la Liga de Cultivadores de Trigo de Oreg\u00f3n de una exenci\u00f3n que permita a los productores plantar cultivos de cobertura en sus campos sin poner en peligro su seguro de cosecha. Sin la exenci\u00f3n, los productores correr\u00edan el riesgo de una cobertura de seguro significativamente menor en el futuro o tendr\u00edan que renunciar a los cultivos de cobertura, lo que provocar\u00eda que los campos perdieran la valiosa capa superior del suelo durante los meses de invierno. Eso reduce la productividad futura de los cultivos y retrasa la recuperaci\u00f3n de las comunidades de estos incendios sin precedentes.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley y Wyden han trabajado con la gobernadora de Oreg\u00f3n, Kate Brown, durante meses para obtener los recursos que los agricultores y ganaderos necesitan para recuperarse de los incendios forestales que arrasaron el estado este verano.<\/p>\n<p>El 20 de julio, Merkley, Wyden y Brown le pidieron al secretario de Agricultura, Sonny Perdue, que brindara ayuda de emergencia a los agricultores y ganaderos afectados por los incendios forestales que asolaron decenas de miles de acres en Oreg\u00f3n y se cobraron la vida de un agricultor. Se\u00f1alaron que el trigo es uno de los 10 principales productos b\u00e1sicos de Oreg\u00f3n, valorado en casi $186 millones, y que se espera que los incendios forestales de este a\u00f1o tengan un impacto significativo en la econom\u00eda estatal.<\/p>\n<p>El 27 de julio, Merkley, Wyden y Brown tambi\u00e9n presionaron a Perdue para garantizar que parte de los $12 mil millones en ayuda planificada para el alivio de la guerra comercial agr\u00edcola tambi\u00e9n est\u00e9 disponible para los agricultores de Oreg\u00f3n devastados por los incendios recientes.<\/p>\n<p>El 31 de julio, Merkley, Wyden y Brown anunciaron que presionaron con \u00e9xito para obtener una subvenci\u00f3n del Servicio de Conservaci\u00f3n de Recursos Naturales del USDA para ayudar a los agricultores y ganaderos a compensar el costo de los tratamientos cr\u00edticos de conservaci\u00f3n posteriores al incendio, incluida la plantaci\u00f3n de pastos y cultivos de cobertura para proteger el suelo da\u00f1ado; pulverizaci\u00f3n de herbicidas para el control de malas hierbas; pastoreo prescrito; eliminaci\u00f3n de obstrucciones, y m\u00e1s.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow wheat farmers in Sherman and Wasco counties whose crops were devastated by wildfires to plant cover crops, preserving their land for the next growing season without jeopardizing their crop insurance coverage. &ldquo;This assistance is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-4476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-agriculture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley, Wyden Secure USDA Relief for Farmers Whose Crops Were Devastated by Wildfires - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-secure-usda-relief-for-farmers-whose-crops-were-devastated-by-wildfires\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley, Wyden Secure USDA Relief for Farmers Whose Crops Were Devastated by Wildfires - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; 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