Drought drives cattle Inventory down but consumer demand remains high.
The assistance uses the Secretary of Agriculture's existing authority to help create and encourage flexibility within four USDA programs.
Continued extreme heat, drought, wildfires and higher input costs are keeping farmers and ranchers from growing cattle herds.
Drought always presents a major challenge, but there are ways to get through it and survive another year.
USDA's heat stress forecasts show emergency heat levels in the central U.S. through July 6th. Take caution with livestock.
Officially it's still spring, but the Western half of the U.S. continues to struggle with drier weather, which is spreading into the Plains.
More than 1.113 million cattle were shipped out of Texas last year because of the historic drought.
Texas agricultural losses due to the 2011 drought reached a record $7.62 billion, making it the most costly drought in history.
