A water program is helping some farmers in Texas County. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill addressed the crisis while in Houston on Tuesday.

Gov. Jay Nixon this weekend directed the Missouri Department of Agriculture to request that the USDA Farm Service Agency open Conservation Reserve Program lands to grazing in counties meeting requirements for shortages of hay/forage and precipitation.

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