USDA Approves D-SNAP Benefits for Arkansas Disaster Areas

Apr 26, 2023

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the approval of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefits for individuals and families in Arkansas who have been impacted by severe weather and natural disasters. The benefits are intended to provide assistance for those who have lost food and experienced other hardships as a result of these events.

The approval of D-SNAP benefits for Arkansas is part of the USDA's ongoing efforts to support communities affected by disasters and other emergencies. The benefits will help to ensure that individuals and families have access to the food they need to stay healthy and recover from these events.

To be eligible for D-SNAP benefits, individuals and families must live in a designated disaster area and have experienced significant losses or other hardships as a result of the disaster. Applications for benefits will be processed by the Arkansas Department of Human Services.

The approval of D-SNAP benefits for Arkansas is an important step in providing assistance and support to those who have been impacted by severe weather and natural disasters. The program will help to ensure that individuals and families have access to the resources they need to recover and rebuild in the wake of these events. The USDA will continue to work with local and state partners to provide additional support and assistance to affected communities.

Video: Learning to Wrench From Dad the Hard Way

Harvest is a week out and the farm picked this week to fall apart. The truck needs a battery, the barn curtain's got a problem, and the corn and beans are telling us we're out of time to get it all fixed.

So it's a full day of wrenching. Tork supervises while I get the truck back running, then we're out at the hog barn where one rusted up part has the whole curtain system hung up. Ladder work, cable work, and a little dad-and-son disagreement about the right way to do it. We close it out walking the fields, shelling beans and checking corn, because whether everything's fixed or not, harvest starts when harvest starts.

Chapters: 00:00 Everything breaks the week before harvest 01:00 Tork supervises while I fix the truck 12:30 Out to the barn to find the curtain problem 14:30 One rusty part hung up the whole curtain 20:00 Running the curtain cable from the ladder 24:00 Walking the beans and corn before harvest 26:30 Wrapping up

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