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As far as the roads, I am not certain where those funds maj 

 come from. It may well be FEMA funds that are available for re- 

 construction of roads. 



Mr. Barlow. And the drainage ditches, though, you will cover? 



Mr. Weber. The drainage ditches, we will help repair those. Yes. 



Mr. Barlow. And, again, the allotments that have gone out to 

 the State at this point are just the beginning of your service here? 



Mr. Weber. We have a total of $30 million that has been appro- 

 priated. We issued $19 million in initial allocations. 



Mr. Barlow. And you would anticipate the next round of alloca- 

 tions coming when? 



Mr. Weber. As soon as we get additional requests from the 

 States, we will respond. 



Mr. Barlow. October? November? 



Mr. Weber. I would think that is probably very reasonable. 



Mr. Barlow. Thank you very much. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Johnson. Ms. Long. 



Ms. Long. I have no questions. 



Mr. Johnson. The Chair will recognize members for additional 

 questions if it is seriously important for those members to pursue 

 additional questions; but we do want to expedite this hearing as 

 much as possible. 



Mr. Peterson. 



Mr. Peterson. Mr. Chairman, just one thing that I meant to 

 ask. One of my farmers was talking to me about the possibility of — 

 and I don't understand this completely — but when the recourse 

 loan expires, which I guess is next May or whatever, it is 9 

 months — is that it? 



Mr. Weber. Nine months, yes. 



Mr. Peterson. Whether there is a possibility to extend the loan. 

 I think his point was that he was trying to be able to keep the crop 

 until after next year's crop because he was going to try to blend 

 it and maybe get a better price. 



Now, we have evidently done that with 1992 crops? 



Mr. Weber. We have extended nonrecourse loans. I don't know 

 that we have extended recourse, Mr. Peterson. That is something 

 that we certainly would look into. 



Mr. Peterson. That was only nonrecourse? 



Mr. Weber. It was only nonrecourse that was extended for 6 

 months. 



Mr. Peterson. So any damaged crop wouldn't have fallen under 

 that? 



Mr. Weber. That is correct. 



Mr. Peterson. But it is something that you 



Mr. Weber. It is something I will go back and look at. 



Mr. Peterson. I don't know how many people would be in this 

 circumstance, but it seems to make some sense to give them a little 

 more flexibility. 



I don't know what their circumstance is, so if you can look into 

 that I would appreciate it. 



Mr. Johnson. Are there other members with questions of some 

 urgency? 



